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A livestream of the Google I/O 2025 keynote (Google on YouTube)

A livestream of the Google I/O 2025 keynote (Google on...

Google on YouTube: A livestream of the Google I/O 2025 keynote  —  It's time to...

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Choose France summit: Indonesia looks to expand trade and navigate Trump-era trade tensions

Choose France summit: Indonesia looks to expand trade and...

Emmanuel Macron announced a record 20 billion euros worth of new investments at...

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CATL sees Hong Kong shares jump in world's biggest IPO this year

CATL sees Hong Kong shares jump in world's biggest IPO...

Chinese electric vehicle battery maker CATL raised at least $4.6 billion when it...

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Nvidia unveils Isaac GR00T N1.5, an open, customizable AI model for humanoid reasoning and skills, and GR00T-Dreams, a tool for generating synthetic motion data (Dean Takahashi/VentureBeat)

Nvidia unveils Isaac GR00T N1.5, an open, customizable...

Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: Nvidia unveils Isaac GR00T N1.5, an open, customizable...

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GENIUS Act, a stablecoin bill, advances in the US Senate after a group of Democrats dropped their opposition, marking a major win for the crypto industry (Steven T. Dennis/Bloomberg)

GENIUS Act, a stablecoin bill, advances in the US Senate...

Steven T. Dennis / Bloomberg: GENIUS Act, a stablecoin bill, advances in the US...

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Sources: Nintendo picked Samsung to make Switch 2 chips, aiming to ramp output and sell 20M+ units by March 2026, a key win for Samsung as it competes with TSMC (Bloomberg)

Sources: Nintendo picked Samsung to make Switch 2 chips,...

Bloomberg: Sources: Nintendo picked Samsung to make Switch 2 chips, aiming to ramp...

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Moody’s downgrade amid rising debt intensifies fears over US fiscal future

Moody’s downgrade amid rising debt intensifies fears over...

Moody’s has stripped the US of its pristine triple-A rating, becoming the latest...

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Choose France Summit: Indonesia eyes new markets and strategy to navigade Trump's trade war

Choose France Summit: Indonesia eyes new markets and strategy...

Emmanuel Macron announced a record 20 billion euros worth of new investments at...

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Chinese state-backed company Huaneng deploys 100+ all-electric autonomous haul trucks powered by Huawei's 5G-Advanced network at the Yimin open-pit mine (Jo Borrás/Electrek)

Chinese state-backed company Huaneng deploys 100+ all-electric...

Jo Borrás / Electrek: Chinese state-backed company Huaneng deploys 100+ all-electric...

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China says the US must "immediately correct its wrongdoings" and stop "discriminatory" measures, after US guidance warning companies not to use Chinese AI chips (Reuters)

China says the US must "immediately correct its wrongdoings"...

Reuters: China says the US must “immediately correct its wrongdoings” and stop “discriminatory”...

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Filing: Taiwan-based Apple supplier Hon Hai plans to inject $1.5B into its India unit via its Singaporean subsidiary, as production shifts away from China (Twinnie Siu/Bloomberg)

Filing: Taiwan-based Apple supplier Hon Hai plans to inject...

Twinnie Siu / Bloomberg: Filing: Taiwan-based Apple supplier Hon Hai plans to inject...

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'Choose France': Foreign investment summit kicks off in Versailles

'Choose France': Foreign investment summit kicks off in...

The eighth edition of the "Choose France" summit aimed at showcasing the country's...

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Viral TikTok videos of AI bots interviewing job candidates and sometimes glitching are bringing focus to a practice more companies have embraced since 2023 (David Mack/Slate)

Viral TikTok videos of AI bots interviewing job candidates...

David Mack / Slate: Viral TikTok videos of AI bots interviewing job candidates and...

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A look at the reasons behind WBD's decision to rebrand HBO Max to Max; Netflix execs surprised to see Disney's Josh D'Amaro at Netflix's upfront and afterparty (Lucas Shaw/Bloomberg)

A look at the reasons behind WBD's decision to rebrand...

Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: A look at the reasons behind WBD's decision to rebrand HBO...

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Sources: Nvidia is in advanced talks to invest in PsiQuantum, a startup looking to build quantum computers that is in the process of raising $750M+ (Anissa Gardizy/The Information)

Sources: Nvidia is in advanced talks to invest in PsiQuantum,...

Anissa Gardizy / The Information: Sources: Nvidia is in advanced talks to invest...

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Venture Intelligence: Indian deep tech startups have raised $4.7B since 2014, accounting for just 3.2% of Indian startup funding, signaling a sector-wide crunch (Sayan Chakraborty/Nikkei Asia)

Venture Intelligence: Indian deep tech startups have raised...

Sayan Chakraborty / Nikkei Asia: Venture Intelligence: Indian deep tech startups...

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Government officials and experts say there have been dozens of recorded crypto-related abductions globally over the past year; France saw five in recent months (Wall Street Journal)

Government officials and experts say there have been dozens...

Wall Street Journal: Government officials and experts say there have been dozens...

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Chime's S-1: MyPay revenue totaled $64.3M in Q1 vs. estimated credit losses from the product of $57.3M, highlighting the risks with the paycheck advance product (Cory Weinberg/The Information)

Chime's S-1: MyPay revenue totaled $64.3M in Q1 vs. estimated...

Cory Weinberg / The Information: Chime's S-1: MyPay revenue totaled $64.3M in Q1...

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Q&A with Nintendo of America President Doug Bowser on Switch 2 pricing backlash, physical games' importance to its business despite Game-Key cards, and more (Logan Plant/IGN)

Q&A with Nintendo of America President Doug Bowser on Switch...

Logan Plant / IGN: Q&A with Nintendo of America President Doug Bowser on Switch...

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Chinese startups are highlighting their roots instead of downplaying them as they grow overseas, fueled by the success of Chinese social media apps and DeepSeek (Kinling Lo/Rest of World)

Chinese startups are highlighting their roots instead of...

Kinling Lo / Rest of World: Chinese startups are highlighting their roots instead...

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An analysis of YouTube's new weekly ranking of top podcasts in the US by watch time shows many popular and well-established podcasts did not rank in the top 100 (Jessica Testa/New York Times)

An analysis of YouTube's new weekly ranking of top podcasts...

Jessica Testa / New York Times: An analysis of YouTube's new weekly ranking of top...

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Deep dive on the evolution of Microsoft's relationship with OpenAI, from its $1B investment in 2019 through Copilot rollouts and ChatGPT's launch to present day (Bloomberg)

Deep dive on the evolution of Microsoft's relationship...

Bloomberg: Deep dive on the evolution of Microsoft's relationship with OpenAI, from...

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Analysis: China imported a record $30.9B in chipmaking equipment in 2024, including $9.63B from Japan, $9.53B from the Netherlands, and $4.86B from Singapore (Nikkei Asia)

Analysis: China imported a record $30.9B in chipmaking...

Nikkei Asia: Analysis: China imported a record $30.9B in chipmaking equipment in...

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Sources: White House and lawmakers are scrutinizing Apple's plan to use Alibaba's AI on iPhones in China, over concerns about data sharing, censorship, and more (Tripp Mickle/New York Times)

Sources: White House and lawmakers are scrutinizing Apple's...

Tripp Mickle / New York Times: Sources: White House and lawmakers are scrutinizing...

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Critics question Meta's Louisiana datacenter plans for three new power plants; Meta's carbon footprint is up from 2020, when it pledged 2030 net-zero emissions (Justine Calma/The Verge)

Critics question Meta's Louisiana datacenter plans for...

Justine Calma / The Verge: Critics question Meta's Louisiana datacenter plans for...

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UnitedHealth's Optum is developing an AI-powered risk scoring system for Medicare patients that does not rely solely on physician-submitted diagnosis codes (Bob Herman/STAT)

UnitedHealth's Optum is developing an AI-powered risk scoring...

Bob Herman / STAT: UnitedHealth's Optum is developing an AI-powered risk scoring...

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A look at AI companies' lobbying push, as well as the GOP's pitch, for the amendment to ban state-level AI regulation, added to the budget reconciliation bill (Brian Merchant/Blood in the Machine)

A look at AI companies' lobbying push, as well as the GOP's...

Brian Merchant / Blood in the Machine: A look at AI companies' lobbying push, as...

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Can tourism ever be sustainable?

Can tourism ever be sustainable?

Global tourism has fully recovered from the Covid-19 pandemic, but dark clouds are...

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Microsoft says internal and external reviews found no evidence the Israeli military used its tech to harm civilians in Gaza, after months of employee protests (Todd Bishop/GeekWire)

Microsoft says internal and external reviews found no evidence...

Todd Bishop / GeekWire: Microsoft says internal and external reviews found no evidence...

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Q&A with Wired's Steven Levy on the evolving relationship between the tech industry and the press, media outlets' licensing deals with AI companies, and more (Camille Bromley/Columbia Journalism ...)

Q&A with Wired's Steven Levy on the evolving relationship...

Camille Bromley / Columbia Journalism Review: Q&A with Wired's Steven Levy on the...

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Japan enacts the Active Cyberdefense Law, which permits the country's authorities to preemptively engage with adversaries through offensive cyber operations (Alexander Martin/The Record)

Japan enacts the Active Cyberdefense Law, which permits...

Alexander Martin / The Record: Japan enacts the Active Cyberdefense Law, which permits...

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Montana became the first US state to close a data broker loophole that let police buy users' geolocation data and other digital info without a judge's warrant (Matthew Guariglia/Electronic Frontier ...)

Montana became the first US state to close a data broker...

Matthew Guariglia / Electronic Frontier Foundation: Montana became the first US...

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Following Grok's "white genocide in South Africa" responses on X, xAI says an "unauthorized modification" was made to the Grok response bot's prompt on May 14 (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Following Grok's "white genocide in South Africa" responses...

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Following Grok's “white genocide in South Africa” responses...

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Shanghai-based Synyi AI launches a trial program in Saudi Arabia to let patients see an AI doctor for diagnoses and prescriptions, which a human doctor reviews (Karoline Kan/Bloomberg)

Shanghai-based Synyi AI launches a trial program in Saudi...

Karoline Kan / Bloomberg: Shanghai-based Synyi AI launches a trial program in Saudi...

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Sources: Chinese officials recently told some top local tech companies that the government will be more active in overseeing their AI data centers and AI chips (Qianer Liu/The Information)

Sources: Chinese officials recently told some top local...

Qianer Liu / The Information: Sources: Chinese officials recently told some top...

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Motorola Razr Ultra review: one of the best smartphone designs, great battery life, and useful outer screen, but useless AI button and durability concerns (Allison Johnson/The Verge)

Motorola Razr Ultra review: one of the best smartphone...

Allison Johnson / The Verge: Motorola Razr Ultra review: one of the best smartphone...

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Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun unveils the XringO1, the company's first self-developed advanced phone chip, set to launch later in May, without giving any further details (Reuters)

Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun unveils the XringO1, the company's first...

Reuters: Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun unveils the XringO1, the company's first self-developed...

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Qatar orders up to 210 Boeing jets in deal worth $96 billion

Qatar orders up to 210 Boeing jets in deal worth $96 billion

As US President Donald Trump continues his diplomatic tour of Gulf states, he has...

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CoreWeave plans to spend $20B to $23B in 2025 on AI infrastructure and data center capacity to meet demand, including from Microsoft; CRWV drops 7%+ after hours (Reuters)

CoreWeave plans to spend $20B to $23B in 2025 on AI infrastructure...

Reuters: CoreWeave plans to spend $20B to $23B in 2025 on AI infrastructure and...

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Samaya AI, which is building AI models to assist financial analysts, raised a $43.5M Series A led by NEA, with participation from Eric Schmidt and others (Jeremy Kahn/Fortune)

Samaya AI, which is building AI models to assist financial...

Jeremy Kahn / Fortune: Samaya AI, which is building AI models to assist financial...

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Austin Russell, the founder and CEO of lidar manufacturer Luminar, resigns following an ethics inquiry and is replaced by former Nuance CEO Paul Ricci (Kirsten Korosec/TechCrunch)

Austin Russell, the founder and CEO of lidar manufacturer...

Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: Austin Russell, the founder and CEO of lidar manufacturer...

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US tech firms flock to Saudi Arabia as kingdom unveils new AI venture

US tech firms flock to Saudi Arabia as kingdom unveils...

US chipmakers Nvidia and AMD, as well as other tech firms, have announced deals...

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Nissan to cut 20,000 jobs as carmaker reports €4 billion annual net loss

Nissan to cut 20,000 jobs as carmaker reports €4 billion...

Things are going from bad to worse for Nissan. Struggling with weak sales and an...

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Qatar orders up to 210 Boeing jets in a deal worth $96 billion

Qatar orders up to 210 Boeing jets in a deal worth $96...

As US President Donald Trump continues his diplomatic tour of Gulf states, he announced...

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China sentences Zhao Weiguo, ex-chair of state-backed chip firm Tsinghua Unigroup, to death with a two-year reprieve, a de facto life sentence, for corruption (Chun Han Wong/Wall Street Journal)

China sentences Zhao Weiguo, ex-chair of state-backed chip...

Chun Han Wong / Wall Street Journal: China sentences Zhao Weiguo, ex-chair of state-backed...

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OpenAI says OneDrive and SharePoint users will be able to connect their files to ChatGPT's Deep Research for analysis, in beta for ChatGPT Plus, Pro, or Team (Kevin Okemwa/Windows Central)

OpenAI says OneDrive and SharePoint users will be able...

Kevin Okemwa / Windows Central: OpenAI says OneDrive and SharePoint users will be...

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AMD approves a new $6B share buyback program, boosting its total repurchase authority to ~$10B, with no termination date; AMD jumps 5%+ (Deborah Sophia/Reuters)

AMD approves a new $6B share buyback program, boosting...

Deborah Sophia / Reuters: AMD approves a new $6B share buyback program, boosting...

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Sources: TikTok has been working on a new feature that will allow US users to share photos over DMs inside the app and also plans to introduce voice messaging (The Information)

Sources: TikTok has been working on a new feature that...

The Information: Sources: TikTok has been working on a new feature that will allow...

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Former employees, analysts, VCs, and executives detail how DeepSeek works and how it fits into China's broader AI ambitions (Bloomberg)

Former employees, analysts, VCs, and executives detail...

Bloomberg: Former employees, analysts, VCs, and executives detail how DeepSeek works...

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Amazon's Zoox offers free robotaxi rides to employees and other invited users in Las Vegas, after receiving approval to accept paying customers in Clark County (Alex Perry/The Information)

Amazon's Zoox offers free robotaxi rides to employees and...

Alex Perry / The Information: Amazon's Zoox offers free robotaxi rides to employees...

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US looking to sell AI chips during Trump's Gulf visit

US looking to sell AI chips during Trump's Gulf visit

US President Donald Trump has arrived in Saudi Arabia, kicking off his tour of the...

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Has Trump 'capitulated' to China? Papers discuss US-China trade deal

Has Trump 'capitulated' to China? Papers discuss US-China...

PRESS REVIEW – Tuesday, May 13: Papers discuss the trade deal agreed between the...

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Spotify updates its AI DJ to let Premium subscribers use English voice commands to customize its music selection, taking requests for artists, genres, and moods (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)

Spotify updates its AI DJ to let Premium subscribers use...

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: Spotify updates its AI DJ to let Premium subscribers...

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Carbon credit certifier Verra suspends a Kenyan project used by Netflix, Meta, and others to bolster their green credentials over a dispute with Maasai herders (Caroline Kimeu/Wall Street Journal)

Carbon credit certifier Verra suspends a Kenyan project...

Caroline Kimeu / Wall Street Journal: Carbon credit certifier Verra suspends a Kenyan...

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says the company will send AI chips to Saudi Arabia's Humain for a 500 MW data center buildout, as President Trump visits the kingdom (Bloomberg)

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says the company will send AI chips...

Bloomberg: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says the company will send AI chips to Saudi...

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US-China trade deal: Tariffs temporarily lowered from three digits, but remain high

US-China trade deal: Tariffs temporarily lowered from three...

The US and China have agreed to a 90-day truce in their trade war, suspending or...

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Samsung announces the $1,100 Galaxy S25 Edge, which is 5.8mm thick and weighs 163g, making it 30% thinner and 25% lighter than the S25 Ultra, arriving on May 30 (Bloomberg)

Samsung announces the $1,100 Galaxy S25 Edge, which is...

Bloomberg: Samsung announces the $1,100 Galaxy S25 Edge, which is 5.8mm thick and...

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Theom, which helps businesses safeguard and track sensitive data, raised a $20M Series A led by Wing VC, after an oversubscribed $16.4M seed round in late 2022 (Angus Loten/Wall Street Journal)

Theom, which helps businesses safeguard and track sensitive...

Angus Loten / Wall Street Journal: Theom, which helps businesses safeguard and track...

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Galaxy S25 Edge hands-on: the thin design is a breath of fresh air, sturdy, many specs match other S25 phones, but has a 3,900 mAh battery vs. S25's 4,000 mAh (Abrar Al-Heeti/CNET)

Galaxy S25 Edge hands-on: the thin design is a breath of...

Abrar Al-Heeti / CNET: Galaxy S25 Edge hands-on: the thin design is a breath of...

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US - China trade deal: tariffs temporarily lowered from three digits but still remain high

US - China trade deal: tariffs temporarily lowered from...

The US and China agreed to a 90-day truse in their trade war, suspending or cancelling...

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Tel-Aviv based quantum computing startup Classiq raised a $110M Series C led by Entree Capital, taking its total funding since its 2020 founding to $173M (Steven Scheer/Reuters)

Tel-Aviv based quantum computing startup Classiq raised...

Steven Scheer / Reuters: Tel-Aviv based quantum computing startup Classiq raised...

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Chinese government data: Chinese shipments of foreign-branded cellphones, including iPhones, dropped by 49.6% YoY to 1.887M in March 2025 (Reuters)

Chinese government data: Chinese shipments of foreign-branded...

Reuters: Chinese government data: Chinese shipments of foreign-branded cellphones,...

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Sen. Tom Cotton introduces a bill to mandate AI chip makers to include geo-tracking tech to comply with export rules, taking effect six months from its passing (Anton Shilov/Tom's Hardware)

Sen. Tom Cotton introduces a bill to mandate AI chip makers...

Anton Shilov / Tom's Hardware: Sen. Tom Cotton introduces a bill to mandate AI chip...

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Singapore unveils a blueprint for global collaboration on AI safety, developed in consensus with researchers and experts from the US, China, and other countries (Will Knight/Wired)

Singapore unveils a blueprint for global collaboration...

Will Knight / Wired: Singapore unveils a blueprint for global collaboration on AI...

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A look at "AI-native" startups, which integrate AI into their workflows and team structures, allowing them to operate with fewer employees and consolidate tasks (Jo Constantz/Bloomberg)

A look at "AI-native" startups, which integrate AI into...

Jo Constantz / Bloomberg: A look at “AI-native” startups, which integrate AI into...

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How OpenDNS, Cloudflare, and Google responded to EU court orders to block DNS resolution for pirate sites; OpenDNS left France and Belgium instead of complying (Ernesto Van der Sar/TorrentFreak)

How OpenDNS, Cloudflare, and Google responded to EU court...

Ernesto Van der Sar / TorrentFreak: How OpenDNS, Cloudflare, and Google responded...

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Court filing: internal docs show Pornhub had 706,000 videos in May 2020 flagged for child rape or other problems, often not removed until flagged 16+ times (Nicholas Kristof/New York Times)

Court filing: internal docs show Pornhub had 706,000 videos...

Nicholas Kristof / New York Times: Court filing: internal docs show Pornhub had...

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Q&A with Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark on the parts of the economy AGI will affect last, why he's relatively bearish on AI-fueled economic growth, and more (Tyler Cowen/Conversations with Tyler)

Q&A with Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark on the parts of...

Tyler Cowen / Conversations with Tyler: Q&A with Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark...

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Sources: OpenAI is negotiating with Microsoft to enable a future IPO; Microsoft offers to cut its equity stake for continued access to OpenAI tech beyond 2030 (Financial Times)

Sources: OpenAI is negotiating with Microsoft to enable...

Financial Times: Sources: OpenAI is negotiating with Microsoft to enable a future...

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The FTC pushes the enforcement of its "click-to-cancel" rule requiring businesses to make canceling subscriptions as easy as signing up, from May 14 to July 14 (Cheyenne MacDonald/Engadget)

The FTC pushes the enforcement of its "click-to-cancel"...

Cheyenne MacDonald / Engadget: The FTC pushes the enforcement of its “click-to-cancel”...

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Klarna, which said in 2024 that AI was doing the work of 700 customer service agents, starts hiring remote workers after the AI approach led to "lower quality" (Charles Daly/Bloomberg)

Klarna, which said in 2024 that AI was doing the work of...

Charles Daly / Bloomberg: Klarna, which said in 2024 that AI was doing the work...

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TSOLife, whose software is in use in 1,300 senior living facilities in 47 US states, raised a $43M Series B led by PeakSpan, bringing its total funding to $52M (Erin Brodwin/Axios)

TSOLife, whose software is in use in 1,300 senior living...

Erin Brodwin / Axios: TSOLife, whose software is in use in 1,300 senior living facilities...

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A profile of OpenAI's CEO of Applications Fidji Simo, who is tasked with broadening ChatGPT amid a straining Microsoft relationship and a battle with Elon Musk (Bloomberg)

A profile of OpenAI's CEO of Applications Fidji Simo, who...

Bloomberg: A profile of OpenAI's CEO of Applications Fidji Simo, who is tasked with...

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A study finds that asking LLMs to be concise in their answers, particularly on ambiguous topics, can negatively affect factuality and worsen hallucinations (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

A study finds that asking LLMs to be concise in their answers,...

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: A study finds that asking LLMs to be concise in their...

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A look at Microsoft's Threat Intelligence Center, staffed largely by ex-intelligence and military personnel, which has become a key pillar of US cyber defense (Bloomberg)

A look at Microsoft's Threat Intelligence Center, staffed...

Bloomberg: A look at Microsoft's Threat Intelligence Center, staffed largely by...

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Pinterest agrees to pay $34.7M to settle a 2021 lawsuit from Christine Martinez, an early adviser who claimed she co-created the platform without compensation (Eli Tan/New York Times)

Pinterest agrees to pay $34.7M to settle a 2021 lawsuit...

Eli Tan / New York Times: Pinterest agrees to pay $34.7M to settle a 2021 lawsuit...

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Google agrees to pay Texas $1.4B to settle two lawsuits claiming it tracks Texans' personal location and maintains their facial recognition data without consent (Ryan Autullo/Bloomberg Law)

Google agrees to pay Texas $1.4B to settle two lawsuits...

Ryan Autullo / Bloomberg Law: Google agrees to pay Texas $1.4B to settle two lawsuits...

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Q&A with SAP CEO Christian Klein on data security, Databricks partnership, building a "social network for B2B", positioning SAP as a neutral player, and more (Ben Thompson/Stratechery)

Q&A with SAP CEO Christian Klein on data security, Databricks...

Ben Thompson / Stratechery: Q&A with SAP CEO Christian Klein on data security, Databricks...

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Appfigures estimates Apple made $10.1B in revenue from US App Store commissions in 2024, up from $4.8B in 2020, $6.7B in 2021, $7.4B in 2022, and $8.8B in 2023 (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Appfigures estimates Apple made $10.1B in revenue from...

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Appfigures estimates Apple made $10.1B in revenue from...

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Sources: CoreWeave plans to raise ~$1.5B through a high-yield bond offering, aiming to refinance part of its massive liabilities just weeks after its muted IPO (Financial Times)

Sources: CoreWeave plans to raise ~$1.5B through a high-yield...

Financial Times: Sources: CoreWeave plans to raise ~$1.5B through a high-yield bond...

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An Arizona man was sentenced to 10.5 years in prison after his deceased victim gave an impact statement to the court via an AI-generated video (David K. Li/NBC News)

An Arizona man was sentenced to 10.5 years in prison after...

David K. Li / NBC News: An Arizona man was sentenced to 10.5 years in prison after...

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Trump threatens to end the Digital Equity Act, a Biden-era law aimed at expanding high-speed internet access, calling it "racist" and "totally unconstitutional" (Chris Cameron/New York Times)

Trump threatens to end the Digital Equity Act, a Biden-era...

Chris Cameron / New York Times: Trump threatens to end the Digital Equity Act, a...

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Alibaba researchers detail ZeroSearch, a technique allowing LLMs to develop advanced search capabilities via simulation, claiming it cuts costs by up to 88% (Michael Nuñez/VentureBeat)

Alibaba researchers detail ZeroSearch, a technique allowing...

Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat: Alibaba researchers detail ZeroSearch, a technique...

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Meta rolls out its Account Status feature to Threads, letting users see when the company has removed or demoted posts or handed out other penalties (Karissa Bell/Engadget)

Meta rolls out its Account Status feature to Threads, letting...

Karissa Bell / Engadget: Meta rolls out its Account Status feature to Threads, letting...

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Can new German chancellor Merz cure the 'sick man of Europe’?

Can new German chancellor Merz cure the 'sick man of Europe’?

Europe’s largest economy finally has a leader. Conservative Friedrich Merz was elected...

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Palworld developer Pocketpair says a 2024 update was due to "ongoing litigation" and a new update is "yet another compromise", as it disputes Nintendo's claims (Victoria Kennedy/Eurogamer.net)

Palworld developer Pocketpair says a 2024 update was due...

Victoria Kennedy / Eurogamer.net: Palworld developer Pocketpair says a 2024 update...

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Q&A with Bill Gates on closing the Gates Foundation on December 31, 2045, donating ~$200B, President Trump, Elon Musk, AI drug discovery, AI advances, and more (David Wallace-Wells/New York Times)

Q&A with Bill Gates on closing the Gates Foundation on...

David Wallace-Wells / New York Times: Q&A with Bill Gates on closing the Gates Foundation...

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Coinbase agrees to acquire Dubai-based Deribit, the world's biggest trading platform for bitcoin and ether options, for ~$2.9B, including $700M in cash (Lauren Thomas/Wall Street Journal)

Coinbase agrees to acquire Dubai-based Deribit, the world's...

Lauren Thomas / Wall Street Journal: Coinbase agrees to acquire Dubai-based Deribit,...

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TPG and Corpay agree to acquire Charlotte, NC-based AvidXchange, a payment automation software provider, for $2.2B, with Corpay investing ~$500M for a 33% stake (Reuters)

TPG and Corpay agree to acquire Charlotte, NC-based AvidXchange,...

Reuters: TPG and Corpay agree to acquire Charlotte, NC-based AvidXchange, a payment...

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WisdomAI, which offers AI-powered data analytics from structured, unstructured, and "dirty" data, launches with a $23M seed led by Coatue Ventures (Julie Bort/TechCrunch)

WisdomAI, which offers AI-powered data analytics from structured,...

Julie Bort / TechCrunch: WisdomAI, which offers AI-powered data analytics from structured,...

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Filing: Apple seeks to pause the part of the April 30 US federal court ruling that blocked it from charging App Store commissions on outside transactions (Bloomberg)

Filing: Apple seeks to pause the part of the April 30 US...

Bloomberg: Filing: Apple seeks to pause the part of the April 30 US federal court...

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UK, India clinch major trade deal amid Trump tariff turmoil

UK, India clinch major trade deal amid Trump tariff turmoil

Britain and India have finalised a free trade agreement after more than three years...

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Kidnappings, ransom demands target French cryptocurrency moguls

Kidnappings, ransom demands target French cryptocurrency...

A spate of violent kidnappings has targeted wealthy French cryptocurrency investors...

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US Federal Reserve keeps rates unchanged despite pressure from Trump

US Federal Reserve keeps rates unchanged despite pressure...

As widely expected, the US Federal Reserve has kept its benchmark interest rate...

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Netflix says it plans to start testing a TikTok-like feed of vertical video in its mobile app in "the coming weeks" to help users find new content to watch (Jay Peters/The Verge)

Netflix says it plans to start testing a TikTok-like feed...

Jay Peters / The Verge: Netflix says it plans to start testing a TikTok-like feed...

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In 2024, Apple Watch sales fell by 19%, the second consecutive year of decline, driven by a drop in North America; no new Watch SE models weighed on growth (Counterpoint Research)

In 2024, Apple Watch sales fell by 19%, the second consecutive...

Counterpoint Research: In 2024, Apple Watch sales fell by 19%, the second consecutive...

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Analysis: 75%+ of the top 220 holders of President Trump's memecoin likely reside outside the US, ahead of a May 22 dinner; Justin Sun is likely to hold $18M (Bloomberg)

Analysis: 75%+ of the top 220 holders of President Trump's...

Bloomberg: Analysis: 75%+ of the top 220 holders of President Trump's memecoin likely...

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UK, India clinch major trade deal amid Donald Trump's tariff turmoil

UK, India clinch major trade deal amid Donald Trump's tariff...

Britain and India have finalised a free trade agreement after more than three years...

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Chainalysis: ~2M wallets have bought the $TRUMP memecoin, of which ~764,000 wallets have lost money and 58 have made over $10M each, totaling ~$1.1B in profits (MacKenzie Sigalos/CNBC)

Chainalysis: ~2M wallets have bought the $TRUMP memecoin,...

MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: Chainalysis: ~2M wallets have bought the $TRUMP memecoin,...

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Sources: Legora, whose AI software helps lawyers draft contracts, review and analyze documents, and more, is in talks to raise $85M at a $675M valuation (Rashi Shrivastava/Forbes)

Sources: Legora, whose AI software helps lawyers draft...

Rashi Shrivastava / Forbes: Sources: Legora, whose AI software helps lawyers draft...

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An AWS survey of 3,739 senior IT decision-makers across nine countries finds 45% plan to prioritize spending on generative AI in 2025, and 30% on cybersecurity (Todd Bishop/GeekWire)

An AWS survey of 3,739 senior IT decision-makers across...

Todd Bishop / GeekWire: An AWS survey of 3,739 senior IT decision-makers across...

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OpenAI abandons plans to jettison non-profit oversight board

OpenAI abandons plans to jettison non-profit oversight...

OpenAI says it's no longer seeking to transition to a fully for-profit company....

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Orca AI, which offers an autonomous shipping navigation service based on a dataset of 80M+ nautical miles, raised a $72.5M Series B, after raising $23M in 2024 (Mike Butcher/TechCrunch)

Orca AI, which offers an autonomous shipping navigation...

Mike Butcher / TechCrunch: Orca AI, which offers an autonomous shipping navigation...

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Analysis: 24 crypto wallets earned ~$99.6M by buying the $MELANIA memecoin in the two and a half minutes before Melania Trump unveiled the coin on January 19 (Financial Times)

Analysis: 24 crypto wallets earned ~$99.6M by buying the...

Financial Times: Analysis: 24 crypto wallets earned ~$99.6M by buying the $MELANIA...

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DoorDash reports Q1 revenue up 21% YoY to $3.03B, below $3.09B est., total orders up 18% YoY to 732M, and a $193M net income, up from a $23M loss in Q1 2024 (Chris Eudaily/CNBC)

DoorDash reports Q1 revenue up 21% YoY to $3.03B, below...

Chris Eudaily / CNBC: DoorDash reports Q1 revenue up 21% YoY to $3.03B, below $3.09B...

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Recraft, whose image model Recraft V3 beat OpenAI's DALL-E and Midjourney on the Artificial Analysis benchmark last year, raised a $30M Series B led by Accel (Charles Rollet/TechCrunch)

Recraft, whose image model Recraft V3 beat OpenAI's DALL-E...

Charles Rollet / TechCrunch: Recraft, whose image model Recraft V3 beat OpenAI's...

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Uber and WeRide plan to expand their robotaxi service to 15 more cities over the next five years, including in Europe, after a December 2024 launch in Abu Dhabi (Kirsten Korosec/TechCrunch)

Uber and WeRide plan to expand their robotaxi service to...

Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: Uber and WeRide plan to expand their robotaxi service...

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Sources: OpenAI reaches an agreement to buy Windsurf, an AI coding tool formerly known as Codeium, for about $3B; the deal has not yet closed (Bloomberg)

Sources: OpenAI reaches an agreement to buy Windsurf, an...

Bloomberg: Sources: OpenAI reaches an agreement to buy Windsurf, an AI coding tool...

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Some say ChatGPT fueled their loved ones' spiritual delusions; experts warn AI's human-like chats can exacerbate existing psychological vulnerabilities (Miles Klee/Rolling Stone)

Some say ChatGPT fueled their loved ones' spiritual delusions;...

Miles Klee / Rolling Stone: Some say ChatGPT fueled their loved ones' spiritual...

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Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino announces Tether AI, an open-source AI runtime that supports USDT and Bitcoin payments with no API keys or a central point of failure (Sam Reynolds/CoinDesk)

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino announces Tether AI, an open-source...

Sam Reynolds / CoinDesk: Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino announces Tether AI, an open-source...

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Researchers: open source serialization tool easyjson, developed by Russia's VK Group and widely used by the US DOD and others, poses a national security risk (Matt Burgess/Wired)

Researchers: open source serialization tool easyjson, developed...

Matt Burgess / Wired: Researchers: open source serialization tool easyjson, developed...

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Warren Buffett to step down as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway

Warren Buffett to step down as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway

Legendary investor Warren Buffett says he will hand over control of his $1.2 trillion...

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Zeki: the US risks losing its edge as the top destination for AI talent, as the 12-month rolling average of AI talent entering in 2025 equals the number leaving (Rachyl Jones/Semafor)

Zeki: the US risks losing its edge as the top destination...

Rachyl Jones / Semafor: Zeki: the US risks losing its edge as the top destination...

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A hacker breaches TeleMessage, which offers modified versions of apps like Signal used by US officials including Mike Waltz, Tulsi Gabbard, JD Vance, and others (Joseph Cox/404 Media)

A hacker breaches TeleMessage, which offers modified versions...

Joseph Cox / 404 Media: A hacker breaches TeleMessage, which offers modified versions...

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Several Senate Democrats, key to the passage of a landmark stablecoin bill, withdraw support for the bill "as it currently stands" (Zack Abrams/The Block)

Several Senate Democrats, key to the passage of a landmark...

Zack Abrams / The Block: Several Senate Democrats, key to the passage of a landmark...

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Polygon Labs spinout Miden, a zero-knowledge proof-based blockchain project focused on high scalability, raised a $25M seed led by a16z Crypto, 1kx, and Hack VC (Zoltan Vardai/Cointelegraph)

Polygon Labs spinout Miden, a zero-knowledge proof-based...

Zoltan Vardai / Cointelegraph: Polygon Labs spinout Miden, a zero-knowledge proof-based...

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Wearing three AI-powered devices, the $50 Bee Pioneer, $199 Limitless Pendant, and $159 Plaud NotePin, shows how the wearables can be useful but also creepy (Joanna Stern/Wall Street Journal)

Wearing three AI-powered devices, the $50 Bee Pioneer,...

Joanna Stern / Wall Street Journal: Wearing three AI-powered devices, the $50 Bee...

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Sources: Huawei is building an advanced chip production line in Shenzhen and is the key player behind three plants, as satellite imagery shows rapid development (Financial Times)

Sources: Huawei is building an advanced chip production...

Financial Times: Sources: Huawei is building an advanced chip production line in...

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Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs calls crypto an "untested investment" and vetoes a bill that would have allowed the state to invest in bitcoin using seized funds (Francisco Rodrigues/CoinDesk)

Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs calls crypto an "untested...

Francisco Rodrigues / CoinDesk: Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs calls crypto an “untested...

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Inside Japan's Disco Corp, which makes ~75% of the world's chip cutting tools, and where no staffer has a boss, with decisions made using a currency called Will (Financial Times)

Inside Japan's Disco Corp, which makes ~75% of the world's...

Financial Times: Inside Japan's Disco Corp, which makes ~75% of the world's chip...

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Sensor Tower: Temu cut US digital ad spending by an estimated 31% and Shein by 19% in the two week period from March 31 as the de minimis exemption is closed (New York Times)

Sensor Tower: Temu cut US digital ad spending by an estimated...

New York Times: Sensor Tower: Temu cut US digital ad spending by an estimated 31%...

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The US DOD transfers its AI-based Open Price Exploration for National Security program to nonprofit Critical Minerals Forum to boost Western supply deals (Ernest Scheyder/Reuters)

The US DOD transfers its AI-based Open Price Exploration...

Ernest Scheyder / Reuters: The US DOD transfers its AI-based Open Price Exploration...

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Advocacy groups push California's AG to ensure that OpenAI's becoming a for-profit adheres to the law; OpenAI formed an advisory commission in response (Paresh Dave/Wired)

Advocacy groups push California's AG to ensure that OpenAI's...

Paresh Dave / Wired: Advocacy groups push California's AG to ensure that OpenAI's...

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How Namma Yatri, an open-source ride-hailing app, forced Uber, Ola, and Rapido to adopt its no-commission, subscription model for auto-rickshaw drivers in India (Indulekha Aravind/Rest of World)

How Namma Yatri, an open-source ride-hailing app, forced...

Indulekha Aravind / Rest of World: How Namma Yatri, an open-source ride-hailing...

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A hacking group called DragonForce takes credit for ransomware attacks targeting British retailers M&S, Harrods, and Co-Op over the past two weeks (Ryan Gallagher/Bloomberg)

A hacking group called DragonForce takes credit for ransomware...

Ryan Gallagher / Bloomberg: A hacking group called DragonForce takes credit for...

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Source: Anthropic offers to buy back shares from current and former employees, the first transaction of its kind for Anthropic, valuing the startup at $61.5B (Stephanie Palazzolo/The Information)

Source: Anthropic offers to buy back shares from current...

Stephanie Palazzolo / The Information: Source: Anthropic offers to buy back shares...

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At the adtech remedy hearing, Google says it's open to giving competitors access to real-time bidding data from its ad exchange AdX, but it rejects a breakup (Trishla Ostwal/Adweek)

At the adtech remedy hearing, Google says it's open to...

Trishla Ostwal / Adweek: At the adtech remedy hearing, Google says it's open to...

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Tesla denies report that its board planned to replace Musk

Tesla denies report that its board planned to replace Musk

Tesla chair Robyn Denholm has denied a Wall Street Journal report that the board...

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Is energy security a threat to Europe's AI ambitions?

Is energy security a threat to Europe's AI ambitions?

This week's massive power outage in Spain and Portugal has raised questions over...

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Kuwait cracks down on crypto miners for being a "major" cause of blackouts; energy consumption in the Al-Wafrah region fell by 55% after the crackdown (Ahmed Hagagy/Reuters)

Kuwait cracks down on crypto miners for being a "major"...

Ahmed Hagagy / Reuters: Kuwait cracks down on crypto miners for being a “major”...

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The Google search antitrust trial is effectively a fight about AI's future, as lawyers and rivals argue Google's monopoly could make it the dominant AI player (David McCabe/New York Times)

The Google search antitrust trial is effectively a fight...

David McCabe / New York Times: The Google search antitrust trial is effectively...

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Ireland's DPC fines TikTok €530M for illegally sending user data to China, ordering a halt to EU data transfers in six months if protections aren't guaranteed (Sam Schechner/Wall Street Journal)

Ireland's DPC fines TikTok €530M for illegally sending...

Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal: Ireland's DPC fines TikTok €530M for illegally...

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May Day protests see mass arrests in Istanbul, clashes in Paris

May Day protests see mass arrests in Istanbul, clashes...

Activists rallied across the globe on Thursday to mark May Day. In Paris, scuffles...

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Tesla denies reports that its board planned to replace Elon Musk

Tesla denies reports that its board planned to replace...

Tesla chair Robyn Denholm has denied a Wall Street Journal report that the board...

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Tim Cook says Apple estimates tariffs will add $900M in costs for the June quarter, assuming the current tariff policy remains in place (Benjamin Mayo/9to5Mac)

Tim Cook says Apple estimates tariffs will add $900M in...

Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: Tim Cook says Apple estimates tariffs will add $900M in...

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Apple expects that a majority of iPhones sold in the US in the June quarter will come from India and a majority of its other devices will come from Vietnam (Rolfe Winkler/Wall Street Journal)

Apple expects that a majority of iPhones sold in the US...

Rolfe Winkler / Wall Street Journal: Apple expects that a majority of iPhones sold...

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Aurora launches its commercial driverless trucking service, making deliveries between Dallas and Houston, and plans to expand to El Paso and Phoenix this year (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)

Aurora launches its commercial driverless trucking service,...

Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: Aurora launches its commercial driverless trucking...

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US economy shrinks for first time since 2022

US economy shrinks for first time since 2022

US President Donald Trump has blamed his predecessor Joe Biden for a 0.3% shrink...

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US, Ukraine sign long-awaited natural resources deal

US, Ukraine sign long-awaited natural resources deal

Washington and Kyiv have signed an agreement to create an investment fund aimed...

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Assessing Trump's 100 days of economic chaos

Assessing Trump's 100 days of economic chaos

As the US and the world mark Donald Trump's 100 days in office, we look at what...

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Live: May Day marches held worldwide, scuffles erupt in Paris

Live: May Day marches held worldwide, scuffles erupt in...

Activists rallied across the globe on Thursday to mark May Day. In Paris, tensions...

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As Trump closes the de minimis exemption on May 2, small online sellers on platforms like Etsy and eBay scramble to adapt; DHL and FedEx face duties up to 145% (Danielle Kaye/New York Times)

As Trump closes the de minimis exemption on May 2, small...

Danielle Kaye / New York Times: As Trump closes the de minimis exemption on May...

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Uber launches a simpler UI for older adults, offering larger text, easy to find saved destinations, and fewer homescreen buttons; Lyft plans a similar update (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg)

Uber launches a simpler UI for older adults, offering larger...

Natalie Lung / Bloomberg: Uber launches a simpler UI for older adults, offering...

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Q&A with Mark Zuckerberg on LlamaCon, Llama API, Meta's AI opportunity, social networking 2.0, Ray-Bans, Apple, the Meta AI app, tariffs, Reality Labs, and more (Ben Thompson/Stratechery)

Q&A with Mark Zuckerberg on LlamaCon, Llama API, Meta's...

Ben Thompson / Stratechery: Q&A with Mark Zuckerberg on LlamaCon, Llama API, Meta's...

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US economy shrinks for the first time since 2022

US economy shrinks for the first time since 2022

US President Donald Trump has blamed Joe Biden for a 0.3% shrink in GDP for the...

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Live: Workers worldwide rally for rights, social justice at May Day protests

Live: Workers worldwide rally for rights, social justice...

Activists around the globe kick off May Day demonstrations on Thursday, pushing...

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eBay reports Q1 revenue up 1% YoY to $2.59B vs. $2.55B est., forecasts Q2 revenue above est.; CFO Steve Priest to step down in May, with Peggy Alford succeeding (Juby Babu/Reuters)

eBay reports Q1 revenue up 1% YoY to $2.59B vs. $2.55B...

Juby Babu / Reuters: eBay reports Q1 revenue up 1% YoY to $2.59B vs. $2.55B est.,...

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US v. Google: Sundar Pichai said Google expects to strike a Gemini deal with Apple by mid-2025 and Tim Cook told him Apple plans to add more AI models this year (The Verge)

US v. Google: Sundar Pichai said Google expects to strike...

The Verge: US v. Google: Sundar Pichai said Google expects to strike a Gemini deal...

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In Meta's earnings call, Mark Zuckerberg says the company plans to add ads to the Meta AI app, plus a paid tier for more compute and functionality (Emma Roth/The Verge)

In Meta's earnings call, Mark Zuckerberg says the company...

Emma Roth / The Verge: In Meta's earnings call, Mark Zuckerberg says the company...

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First 100 days: A closer look at Trump's claims about the US economy

First 100 days: A closer look at Trump's claims about the...

In a speech marking his first 100 days back in the Oval Office, Donald Trump painted...

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EA says it laid off staff and canceled "two early-stage incubation projects"; sources say EA cut 300 to 400 roles and its Respawn unit canceled a Titanfall game (Jason Schreier/Bloomberg)

EA says it laid off staff and canceled "two early-stage...

Jason Schreier / Bloomberg: EA says it laid off staff and canceled “two early-stage...

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Microsoft President Brad Smith says the company would take the US government to court if necessary to protect European customers' access to its services (Financial Times)

Microsoft President Brad Smith says the company would take...

Financial Times: Microsoft President Brad Smith says the company would take the...

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Adyen reports Q1 net revenue up 22% YoY to €534.7M, below €539.6M est., and processed payment volume up 6% YoY to €314.8B, below est.; ADYEN drops ~5% (Sarah Jacob/Bloomberg)

Adyen reports Q1 net revenue up 22% YoY to €534.7M, below...

Sarah Jacob / Bloomberg: Adyen reports Q1 net revenue up 22% YoY to €534.7M, below...

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Amazon draws Trump's ire over reported plan to display tariff costs

Amazon draws Trump's ire over reported plan to display...

The White House blasted Amazon over a reported plan to display how much additional...

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Tests appear to show Instagram blocking minors from accessing AI Studio, its user-generated chatbot character platform, after recent reports on safety issues (Samantha Cole/404 Media)

Tests appear to show Instagram blocking minors from accessing...

Samantha Cole / 404 Media: Tests appear to show Instagram blocking minors from accessing...

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Sources: Trump officials are considering removing a Biden-era rule that divides the world into tiers that help determine how many AI chips a country can obtain (Karen Freifeld/Reuters)

Sources: Trump officials are considering removing a Biden-era...

Karen Freifeld / Reuters: Sources: Trump officials are considering removing a Biden-era...

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Appfigures: Google Play hosts 1.8M apps, down from 3.4M at the beginning of 2024, a 47% decline likely due to raised minimum quality requirements (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Appfigures: Google Play hosts 1.8M apps, down from 3.4M...

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Appfigures: Google Play hosts 1.8M apps, down from 3.4M...

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Citroën aims for sales turnaround with launch of new electric SUV model

Citroën aims for sales turnaround with launch of new electric...

French carmaker Citroën, part of Stellantis, launched a new SUV model this Tuesday...

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April 2025 Cybersecurity Breaches Highlight Growing Digital Risks 

April 2025 Cybersecurity Breaches Highlight Growing Digital...

April 2025 cybersecurity breaches at Oracle and a financial regulator unveil new...

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Source: Amazon plans to soon show how much President Trump's tariffs are adding to the price of each product next to its total listed price (Punchbowl News)

Source: Amazon plans to soon show how much President Trump's...

Punchbowl News: Source: Amazon plans to soon show how much President Trump's tariffs...

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Sources: Scattered Spider carried out a ransomware attack on UK retailer M&S, which employs 64K+ in 1,400 stores, that caused huge disruption starting April 22 (Lawrence Abrams/BleepingComputer)

Sources: Scattered Spider carried out a ransomware attack...

Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: Sources: Scattered Spider carried out a ransomware...

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Google tracked 75 zero-day vulnerabilities exploited in the wild in 2024, down from 98 in 2023 but up from 63 in 2022, with government hackers leading the use (Google Cloud Blog)

Google tracked 75 zero-day vulnerabilities exploited in...

Google Cloud Blog: Google tracked 75 zero-day vulnerabilities exploited in the wild...

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Massive power outage in Spain and Portugal set to hit the economy hard

Massive power outage in Spain and Portugal set to hit the...

Electricity is gratually being restored to parts of Spain and Portugal following...

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Around 50% of US adults say AI will have a negative impact on news over the next 20 years; 10% say a positive effect; 59% say AI will lead to fewer journalists (Michael Lipka/Pew Research Center)

Around 50% of US adults say AI will have a negative impact...

Michael Lipka / Pew Research Center: Around 50% of US adults say AI will have a...

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Sources: a group of Wall Street banks has sold the final $1.2B of X debt at 98 cents on the dollar, after lending $13B for Musk's takeover of Twitter in 2022 (Alexander Saeedy/Wall Street Journal)

Sources: a group of Wall Street banks has sold the final...

Alexander Saeedy / Wall Street Journal: Sources: a group of Wall Street banks has...

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Alibaba unveils the Qwen3 family of open-weight "hybrid" AI reasoning models, including Qwen3-235B-A22B, with 235B total parameters and 22B activated parameters (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Alibaba unveils the Qwen3 family of open-weight "hybrid"...

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Alibaba unveils the Qwen3 family of open-weight “hybrid”...

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Global military spending rises to level not seen since Cold War

Global military spending rises to level not seen since...

Defence expenditure rose by 9.4 percent worldwide in 2024 amid wars in Ukraine and...

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IBM Invests $150 Billion to Enhance U. S. Manufacturing and Quantum Computing     

IBM Invests $150 Billion to Enhance U. S. Manufacturing...

IBM commits $150 billion to U. S. manufacturing and quantum computing innovation,...

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Music creation startup Splice buys London-based orchestral sound studio Spitfire Audio, a source says for ~$50M; sources say Splice has $100M+ in annual revenue (Anna Nicolaou/Financial Times)

Music creation startup Splice buys London-based orchestral...

Anna Nicolaou / Financial Times: Music creation startup Splice buys London-based...

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A deep dive on Apple's iPhone manufacturing process, including 2,700 parts from 187 suppliers in 28 countries; just 30 suppliers have no presence in China (Financial Times)

A deep dive on Apple's iPhone manufacturing process, including...

Financial Times: A deep dive on Apple's iPhone manufacturing process, including...

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German defense startup ARX Robotics, which makes self-driving, modular battlefield robots, raised €31M led by HV Capital and plans to build a plant in England (Yazhou Sun/Bloomberg)

German defense startup ARX Robotics, which makes self-driving,...

Yazhou Sun / Bloomberg: German defense startup ARX Robotics, which makes self-driving,...

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While Apple's iPhone manufacturing in India matches China in quality, making the extraordinarily complex 20th anniversary iPhones outside China remains doubtful (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

While Apple's iPhone manufacturing in India matches China...

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: While Apple's iPhone manufacturing in India matches China...

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Analysis: Meesho accounts for about 37% of India's e-commerce orders, but only 8%-9% of the sector's total value due to the small average transaction size (Manish Singh/India Dispatch)

Analysis: Meesho accounts for about 37% of India's e-commerce...

Manish Singh / India Dispatch: Analysis: Meesho accounts for about 37% of India's...

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A profile of Darktrace CEO Jill Popelka, who joined the British cyber security firm in Jan. 2024 and was at the helm when it was bought by Thoma Bravo for £4.3B (Anjli Raval/Financial Times)

A profile of Darktrace CEO Jill Popelka, who joined the...

Anjli Raval / Financial Times: A profile of Darktrace CEO Jill Popelka, who joined...

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Tel Aviv-based Sentra, whose cloud data security software now includes controls aimed at keeping AI prompts free from restricted data, raised a $50M Series B (Ryan Naraine/SecurityWeek)

Tel Aviv-based Sentra, whose cloud data security software...

Ryan Naraine / SecurityWeek: Tel Aviv-based Sentra, whose cloud data security software...

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Trump's tariffs could slow robot adoption in the US, as buyer demand weakens and supplies of key components like magnets and actuators are disrupted (Financial Times)

Trump's tariffs could slow robot adoption in the US, as...

Financial Times: Trump's tariffs could slow robot adoption in the US, as buyer demand...

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Experts say that India lags behind China in deep tech innovation due to its historical focus on services, lower R&D investment, and a brain drain of AI talent (Furquan Ameen/Rest of World)

Experts say that India lags behind China in deep tech innovation...

Furquan Ameen / Rest of World: Experts say that India lags behind China in deep...

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Watching OpenAI's o3 guess a photo's location, including the model running Python code to examine license plates, is surreal, dystopian, and entertaining (Simon Willison/Simon Willison's Weblog)

Watching OpenAI's o3 guess a photo's location, including...

Simon Willison / Simon Willison's Weblog: Watching OpenAI's o3 guess a photo's location,...

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Stripe plans to test a stablecoin payments product aimed at companies outside the US, the UK, and the EU, using tech from Bridge, which Stripe acquired recently (Francisco Rodrigues/CoinDesk)

Stripe plans to test a stablecoin payments product aimed...

Francisco Rodrigues / CoinDesk: Stripe plans to test a stablecoin payments product...

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At a major Hong Kong electronics exhibition, some Chinese companies say they are exploring ways to lower or skirt tariffs while others plan to wait them out (Luz Ding/Bloomberg)

At a major Hong Kong electronics exhibition, some Chinese...

Luz Ding / Bloomberg: At a major Hong Kong electronics exhibition, some Chinese...

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IBM has booked $6B in sales around generative AI and Red Hat's revenue has about doubled since IBM bought it, fueling a ~2x jump in IBM's stock since April 2020 (Asa Fitch/Wall Street Journal)

IBM has booked $6B in sales around generative AI and Red...

Asa Fitch / Wall Street Journal: IBM has booked $6B in sales around generative AI...

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A profile of Saudi billionaire investor Prince Alwaleed, who, along with his investment firm Kingdom Holding, is the second-biggest shareholder in XAI Holdings (Devon Pendleton/Bloomberg)

A profile of Saudi billionaire investor Prince Alwaleed,...

Devon Pendleton / Bloomberg: A profile of Saudi billionaire investor Prince Alwaleed,...

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Docs and sources detail the opaque market for shares of Elon Musk's private companies; Valor recently offered investors $1B worth of shares in SpaceX and xAI (Wall Street Journal)

Docs and sources detail the opaque market for shares of...

Wall Street Journal: Docs and sources detail the opaque market for shares of Elon...

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Meta and Booz Allen partner to deploy Space Llama, a fine-tuned version of Llama 3.2, for research aboard the International Space Station National Laboratory (Hayden Field/CNBC)

Meta and Booz Allen partner to deploy Space Llama, a fine-tuned...

Hayden Field / CNBC: Meta and Booz Allen partner to deploy Space Llama, a fine-tuned...

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Sources: Microsoft plans to increase the use of third-party firms for selling software to SMBs; in-house sellers will get more training and focus on AI products (Brody Ford/Bloomberg)

Sources: Microsoft plans to increase the use of third-party...

Brody Ford / Bloomberg: Sources: Microsoft plans to increase the use of third-party...

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Deel sues Rippling for alleged defamation, libel, and deceptive trade practices, says Rippling placed an insider within Deel, is not tax compliant, and more (Dan Primack/Axios)

Deel sues Rippling for alleged defamation, libel, and deceptive...

Dan Primack / Axios: Deel sues Rippling for alleged defamation, libel, and deceptive...

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Sustainable Energy from Rain: Scientists Unlock a New Power Source 

Sustainable Energy from Rain: Scientists Unlock a New Power...

Researchers create an innovative system that produces clean electricity from falling...

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Nissan sees record annual net loss as carmaker tries to turn around business under new CEO

Nissan sees record annual net loss as carmaker tries to...

Nissan has announced that it now expects a record net loss of up to €4.6 billion...

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Google keeps growing, as federal judges decide whether to break it up

Google keeps growing, as federal judges decide whether...

Google is still making lots of money. Its parent company Alphabet reported $90.2...

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Quantum Computing Race 2025: The Future is Measured in Qubits 

Quantum Computing Race 2025: The Future is Measured in...

IBM, Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and Nvidia lead the 2025 quantum computing race,...

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JD.com's costly bid to challenge Meituan in food delivery, while the latter enters the e-commerce space, has led to a loss of ~$70B in combined market value (Charlotte Yang/Bloomberg)

JD.com's costly bid to challenge Meituan in food delivery,...

Charlotte Yang / Bloomberg: JD.com's costly bid to challenge Meituan in food delivery,...

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Three European scientific funding agencies have put research programs with China on hold since 2021 due to concerns over the country's Data Security Law (Andrew Silver/Reuters)

Three European scientific funding agencies have put research...

Andrew Silver / Reuters: Three European scientific funding agencies have put research...

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Brazil's AI-based social security app, launched in 2018, has cut bureaucracy in some cases but wrongly rejected hundreds of vulnerable people over minor errors (Gabriel Daros/Rest of World)

Brazil's AI-based social security app, launched in 2018,...

Gabriel Daros / Rest of World: Brazil's AI-based social security app, launched in...

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Nissan sees record annual net loss for 2024 as carmaker tries to turn around business under new CEO

Nissan sees record annual net loss for 2024 as carmaker...

Nissan has announced it now expects a record net loss of up to 4.6 billion euros...

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Intel reports Q1 revenue flat YoY at $12.67B, vs. $12.3B est., forecasts Q2 revenue below est., and reduces its 2025 capex target; INTC drops 5%+ after hours (Reuters)

Intel reports Q1 revenue flat YoY at $12.67B, vs. $12.3B...

Reuters: Intel reports Q1 revenue flat YoY at $12.67B, vs. $12.3B est., forecasts...

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Ziff Davis sues OpenAI, alleging it used Ziff Davis' content to train AI models; sources say Ziff Davis is seeking at least hundreds of millions of dollars (Benjamin Mullin/New York Times)

Ziff Davis sues OpenAI, alleging it used Ziff Davis' content...

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times: Ziff Davis sues OpenAI, alleging it used Ziff...

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The EU Commission says it banned officials from meeting with lobbyists acting on Huawei's behalf, after the EU Parliament banned Huawei staff from its premises (Edith Hancock/Wall Street Journal)

The EU Commission says it banned officials from meeting...

Edith Hancock / Wall Street Journal: The EU Commission says it banned officials...

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Aviation and tariffs: A globalised industry braces for impact

Aviation and tariffs: A globalised industry braces for...

Donald Trump's trade policy and back-and-forth on tariffs are already impacting...

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Trump administration 'feeling the heat from a lot of different quarters', trade reporter says

Trump administration 'feeling the heat from a lot of different...

FRANCE 24's Yinka Oyetade speaks to Gavin Bade, Trade and Economic Policy Reporter...

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US states sue Trump administration over use of 1977 tariff law

US states sue Trump administration over use of 1977 tariff...

Twelve US states have filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump, arguing that...

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How geopolitics and trade wars are reshaping the global economy

How geopolitics and trade wars are reshaping the global...

Countries that once followed the gospel of free trade and liberalism are changing...

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Neural Interfaces and Brain Tech: A New Era of Human Enhancement 

Neural Interfaces and Brain Tech: A New Era of Human Enhancement 

 Neural interfaces like Neuralink are reshaping tech and medicine—enabling thought-controlled...

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Revolut reports 2024 revenue up 72% YoY to £3.1B, net profit up 149% YoY to £1.1B, and wealth unit revenue up 298% YoY to £506M; its loan book grew 86% to £979M (Ryan Browne/CNBC)

Revolut reports 2024 revenue up 72% YoY to £3.1B, net profit...

Ryan Browne / CNBC: Revolut reports 2024 revenue up 72% YoY to £3.1B, net profit...

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Adobe unveils its Firefly Image Model 4 and Model 4 Ultra, launches a redesigned Firefly web app, is testing a new Adobe Content Authenticity web app, and more (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)

Adobe unveils its Firefly Image Model 4 and Model 4 Ultra,...

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: Adobe unveils its Firefly Image Model 4 and Model 4 Ultra,...

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LinkedIn expands its free verification system to the wider web, letting sites display LinkedIn verification, starting with Adobe's new Content Authenticity app (Dominic Preston/The Verge)

LinkedIn expands its free verification system to the wider...

Dominic Preston / The Verge: LinkedIn expands its free verification system to the...

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Aviation and tariffs: globalised industry braces for impact

Aviation and tariffs: globalised industry braces for impact

Donald Trump's trade policy and back-and-forth on tariffs are already impacting...

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New Jersey sues RealPage, accusing the property management software company and 10 of the state's largest landlords of conspiring to drive up residential rents (Jonathan Stempel/Reuters)

New Jersey sues RealPage, accusing the property management...

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: New Jersey sues RealPage, accusing the property management...

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TSMC plans to begin production with its A14 fabrication process in 2028 and an intermediary A16 chip process in late 2026 (Bloomberg)

TSMC plans to begin production with its A14 fabrication...

Bloomberg: TSMC plans to begin production with its A14 fabrication process in 2028...

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Tesla says it has started testing its autonomous ride-hailing service with employees in Austin and the Bay Area, and has completed 15,000 miles of driving (Rebecca Bellan/TechCrunch)

Tesla says it has started testing its autonomous ride-hailing...

Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: Tesla says it has started testing its autonomous ride-hailing...

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IMF slashes growth outlook as Trump tariffs 'reset' the global economy

IMF slashes growth outlook as Trump tariffs 'reset' the...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) slashed its 2025 forecast for global growth...

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Musk vows to spend more time on Telsa after net income falls 71%

Musk vows to spend more time on Telsa after net income...

Tesla CEO Elon Musk says he will be dedicating more time to the electric vehicle...

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Twenty years of YouTube: How the site has revolutionised the internet

Twenty years of YouTube: How the site has revolutionised...

Exactly 20 years ago, a 19-second clip was uploaded to a website that would, in...

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Nari Labs unveils Dia, a 1.6B parameter text-to-speech model designed to produce naturalistic dialogue directly from text prompts, built with "zero funding" (Carl Franzen/VentureBeat)

Nari Labs unveils Dia, a 1.6B parameter text-to-speech...

Carl Franzen / VentureBeat: Nari Labs unveils Dia, a 1.6B parameter text-to-speech...

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Trump Media partners with Crypto.com and Florida-based Yorkville America Digital to launch ETFs by the end of 2025, as it moves into financial services (Matthew Goldstein/New York Times)

Trump Media partners with Crypto.com and Florida-based...

Matthew Goldstein / New York Times: Trump Media partners with Crypto.com and Florida-based...

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The EU Commission fines Apple €500M and Meta €200M under the DMA and issues cease-and-desist orders; Apple says it will appeal, and Meta says it likely would (Wall Street Journal)

The EU Commission fines Apple €500M and Meta €200M under...

Wall Street Journal: The EU Commission fines Apple €500M and Meta €200M under the...

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IMF slashes global growth forecast amid Trump tariff turmoil

IMF slashes global growth forecast amid Trump tariff turmoil

The International Monetary Fund said it expected global economic growth to be slower...

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SK Telecom, South Korea's largest telecom, says hackers accessed USIM-related customer info, potentially useful in SIM swap attacks and targeted surveillance (Bill Toulas/BleepingComputer)

SK Telecom, South Korea's largest telecom, says hackers...

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: SK Telecom, South Korea's largest telecom, says...

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Researcher: the official SDK JS library for interacting with the XRP Ledger, with 140K+ weekly downloads, was compromised; XRP Ledger Foundation says it's fixed (Daniel Kuhn/The Block)

Researcher: the official SDK JS library for interacting...

Daniel Kuhn / The Block: Researcher: the official SDK JS library for interacting...

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WBD rolls out a $7.99/month Extra Member Add-On for US Max subscribers, about two years after Netflix made a similar move to crack down on password sharing (Tony Maglio/The Hollywood Reporter)

WBD rolls out a $7.99/month Extra Member Add-On for US...

Tony Maglio / The Hollywood Reporter: WBD rolls out a $7.99/month Extra Member Add-On...

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Why Diginar Will Lead Website UI and Custom Development Trends in 2025 

Why Diginar Will Lead Website UI and Custom Development...

Diginar leads UI and web development trends in 2025 with smart design, custom builds,...

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Stock markets rattled by Trump's attacks on US Federal Reserve

Stock markets rattled by Trump's attacks on US Federal...

Wall Street closed in firmly negative territory on Monday, continuing a rout that's...

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Flipkart plans to shift its holding company from Singapore to India as Walmart aims to take it public; Flipkart moved the entity to Singapore in 2011 (Kashish Tandon/Reuters)

Flipkart plans to shift its holding company from Singapore...

Kashish Tandon / Reuters: Flipkart plans to shift its holding company from Singapore...

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DOJ v. Google: a Google VP says the company pays Samsung an "enormous sum of money" every month to preinstall Gemini on its devices as part of a two-year deal (Leah Nylen/Bloomberg)

DOJ v. Google: a Google VP says the company pays Samsung...

Leah Nylen / Bloomberg: DOJ v. Google: a Google VP says the company pays Samsung...

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Google rolls out opt-in Sensitive Content Warnings in Messages to blur nude images on Android; the System SafetyCore-powered content classification is on-device (Abner Li/9to5Google)

Google rolls out opt-in Sensitive Content Warnings in Messages...

Abner Li / 9to5Google: Google rolls out opt-in Sensitive Content Warnings in Messages...

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Pope Francis dies at 88: The legacy of a 'pope for the poor'

Pope Francis dies at 88: The legacy of a 'pope for the...

Pope Francis was known for his vision that the Catholic Church should be representative...

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After Meta blocked news on its platforms in Canada, misleading content from right-wing pages like Canada Proud filled the gap ahead of the federal election (New York Times)

After Meta blocked news on its platforms in Canada, misleading...

New York Times: After Meta blocked news on its platforms in Canada, misleading content...

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Airbnb now shows the full cost of a stay, excluding taxes, in search results by default; a Biden-era FTC rule on "junk fees" is set to go into effect on May 12 (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg)

Airbnb now shows the full cost of a stay, excluding taxes,...

Natalie Lung / Bloomberg: Airbnb now shows the full cost of a stay, excluding taxes,...

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Judge overseeing hearing on fixing Google's monopoly questioned if DOJ's proposal to force a sale of Chrome met the "causation" standard for a structural remedy (Erin Woo/The Information)

Judge overseeing hearing on fixing Google's monopoly questioned...

Erin Woo / The Information: Judge overseeing hearing on fixing Google's monopoly...

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JD Vance in India for trade talks as Modi seeks to avoid US tariffs

JD Vance in India for trade talks as Modi seeks to avoid...

US Vice President JD Vance landed in New Delhi this Monday for a four-day cross-country...

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Models like o3 and Gemini 2.5 Pro feel like "Jagged AGI": unreliable, even at some mundane tasks, but still offering superhuman capabilities in many areas (Ethan Mollick/One Useful Thing)

Models like o3 and Gemini 2.5 Pro feel like "Jagged AGI":...

Ethan Mollick / One Useful Thing: Models like o3 and Gemini 2.5 Pro feel like “Jagged...

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Q&A with Dan Kim and Hassan Khan, former officials at the CHIPS Program Office, on subsidizing supply versus coercing demand, the program's future, and more (Ben Thompson/Stratechery)

Q&A with Dan Kim and Hassan Khan, former officials at the...

Ben Thompson / Stratechery: Q&A with Dan Kim and Hassan Khan, former officials at...

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A look at the tactile devices from OneCourt, Field of Vision, and Touch2See that help visually impaired spectators follow live sports with their fingers (Tom Wiggins/Wired)

A look at the tactile devices from OneCourt, Field of Vision,...

Tom Wiggins / Wired: A look at the tactile devices from OneCourt, Field of Vision,...

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India's Open Network for Digital Commerce has struggled to break the near-duopoly of Zomato and Swiggy in online food delivery after cutting back on discounts (Krishnapriya V.S./The India Forum)

India's Open Network for Digital Commerce has struggled...

Krishnapriya V.S. / The India Forum: India's Open Network for Digital Commerce has...

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The success of A Minecraft Movie, set to hit $700M in ticket sales globally this weekend, signals Hollywood's breakthrough in adapting video games into films (Christopher Grimes/Financial Times)

The success of A Minecraft Movie, set to hit $700M in ticket...

Christopher Grimes / Financial Times: The success of A Minecraft Movie, set to hit...

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A look at the race to turn brainwaves into fluent speech, as researchers at universities in California and companies use brain implants and AI to make advances (Financial Times)

A look at the race to turn brainwaves into fluent speech,...

Financial Times: A look at the race to turn brainwaves into fluent speech, as researchers...

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Crux, a financing software provider for clean energy companies, raised a $50M Series B led by Lowercarbon Capital, taking its total funding to more than $77M (Katie Fehrenbacher/Axios)

Crux, a financing software provider for clean energy companies,...

Katie Fehrenbacher / Axios: Crux, a financing software provider for clean energy...

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Assort Health, which is developing voice AI agents for healthcare to manage patient phone calls, raised a $22M Series A co-led by First Round and Chemistry (Allie Garfinkle/Fortune)

Assort Health, which is developing voice AI agents for...

Allie Garfinkle / Fortune: Assort Health, which is developing voice AI agents for...

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How YouTube is adapting to the AI era; a VP expects that in five years, every video uploaded to YouTube could be dubbed automatically into every spoken language (Mark Bergen/Bloomberg)

How YouTube is adapting to the AI era; a VP expects that...

Mark Bergen / Bloomberg: How YouTube is adapting to the AI era; a VP expects that...

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A comparison of OpenAI's o3, o4-mini, and GPT-4.1; Aaron Levie says o3 nailed a multi-step financial modeling task; Scale AI CEO says o3 is "a big breakthrough" (Every)

A comparison of OpenAI's o3, o4-mini, and GPT-4.1; Aaron...

Every: A comparison of OpenAI's o3, o4-mini, and GPT-4.1; Aaron Levie says o3 nailed...

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Huawei unveils the Ascend 920 AI chip, expected to hit mass production in H2 2025, after Trump included Nvidia H20 in the ban on AI chip exports to China (Jowi Morales/Tom's Hardware)

Huawei unveils the Ascend 920 AI chip, expected to hit...

Jowi Morales / Tom's Hardware: Huawei unveils the Ascend 920 AI chip, expected to...

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Sales data: AI evaluation startups have modest revenue; Weights & Biases hit $50M ARR by Dec. 2024, but only 2% of that was from its AI evaluation product Weave (Sri Muppidi/The Information)

Sales data: AI evaluation startups have modest revenue;...

Sri Muppidi / The Information: Sales data: AI evaluation startups have modest revenue;...

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Sources: BOA, principally lobbying through trade associations, is pushing US lawmakers for rules favoring banks over tech companies in stablecoin issuance (The Block)

Sources: BOA, principally lobbying through trade associations,...

The Block: Sources: BOA, principally lobbying through trade associations, is pushing...

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India's top IT firms, TCS, Infosys, and Wipro, are facing their steepest growth slowdown in years amid global economic uncertainty and geopolitical challenges (Manish Singh/India Dispatch)

India's top IT firms, TCS, Infosys, and Wipro, are facing...

Manish Singh / India Dispatch: India's top IT firms, TCS, Infosys, and Wipro, are...

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A profile of Bo Hines, a 29-year-old official in the Trump administration who has become the main liaison between the White House and the crypto industry (Fortune)

A profile of Bo Hines, a 29-year-old official in the Trump...

Fortune: A profile of Bo Hines, a 29-year-old official in the Trump administration...

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A US judge temporarily halts mass firings at the US CFPB after the agency fired between 1,400 and 1,500 workers, eliminating as much as 90% of its workforce (Douglas Gillison/Reuters)

A US judge temporarily halts mass firings at the US CFPB...

Douglas Gillison / Reuters: A US judge temporarily halts mass firings at the US...

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Oregon sues Coinbase, alleging it's selling unregistered securities; Coinbase's Chief Legal Officer says it's a "copycat case" of SEC's now-dropped lawsuit (Vince Quill/Cointelegraph)

Oregon sues Coinbase, alleging it's selling unregistered...

Vince Quill / Cointelegraph: Oregon sues Coinbase, alleging it's selling unregistered...

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Experts say two federal judges declaring Google a monopoly within a year signals a judicial shift toward addressing anticompetitive behavior in digital markets (Steve Lohr/New York Times)

Experts say two federal judges declaring Google a monopoly...

Steve Lohr / New York Times: Experts say two federal judges declaring Google a monopoly...

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Soaring price of gold brings long-abandoned Welsh mine back to life

Soaring price of gold brings long-abandoned Welsh mine...

Miners are once again digging for gold at Clogau-St David's, once Britain's richest...

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Bruised by Washington's chip controls, Nvidia turns to China

Bruised by Washington's chip controls, Nvidia turns to...

"I'm not worried about Jensen [Huang] at all," said US President Donald Trump, commenting...

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Moscow's next target? Heeding Estonia's call for more defence spending

Moscow's next target? Heeding Estonia's call for more defence...

The Baltic nation of Estonia has been calling for a significant boost in EU defence...

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TikTok trials its own take on X-style 'community notes' against misinformation

TikTok trials its own take on X-style 'community notes'...

To add context to videos, social media behemoth TikTok has launched Footnotes: a...

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Trump says Fed Chair Powell's termination 'cannot come fast enough'

Trump says Fed Chair Powell's termination 'cannot come...

US President Donald Trump has called for Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to...

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A look at ways AI is being used to cut carbon emissions: calculating fuel-efficient driving patterns, monitoring grid infrastructure, and more (Coco Liu/Bloomberg)

A look at ways AI is being used to cut carbon emissions:...

Coco Liu / Bloomberg: A look at ways AI is being used to cut carbon emissions: calculating...

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Insiders, including tech execs, say President Trump's trade war may hinder the US computing industry by raising costs for building chip fabs and AI data centers (Financial Times)

Insiders, including tech execs, say President Trump's trade...

Financial Times: Insiders, including tech execs, say President Trump's trade war...

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Exaforce, which lets cybersecurity teams work with AI agents to cut false positives and busywork, raised a $75M Series A led by Khosla, Mayfield, and Thomvest (Chris Metinko/Crunchbase News)

Exaforce, which lets cybersecurity teams work with AI agents...

Chris Metinko / Crunchbase News: Exaforce, which lets cybersecurity teams work with...

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Trump says Fed Chair Jerome Powell's termination "cannot come fast enough"

Trump says Fed Chair Jerome Powell's termination "cannot...

US President Donald Trump has called for Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to...

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Netflix reports Q1 revenue up 12.5% YoY to $10.54B, vs. $10.51B est., net income of $2.89B, and stops reporting subscriber numbers on a quarterly basis (Todd Spangler/Variety)

Netflix reports Q1 revenue up 12.5% YoY to $10.54B, vs....

Todd Spangler / Variety: Netflix reports Q1 revenue up 12.5% YoY to $10.54B, vs....

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Netflix says co-founder Reed Hastings has left his post as executive chairman to become chairman and non-executive director of the company (Dade Hayes/Deadline)

Netflix says co-founder Reed Hastings has left his post...

Dade Hayes / Deadline: Netflix says co-founder Reed Hastings has left his post as...

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Google rolls out Gemini 2.5 Flash in preview, with support for Canvas for working on text or code; developers can disable thinking or set a token limit for it (Ryan Whitwam/Ars Technica)

Google rolls out Gemini 2.5 Flash in preview, with support...

Ryan Whitwam / Ars Technica: Google rolls out Gemini 2.5 Flash in preview, with...

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US stocks, dollar slide as Fed chair warns tariffs likely to spur inflation

US stocks, dollar slide as Fed chair warns tariffs likely...

Wall Street traders returned to selling Wednesday, pushing stocks lower as Federal...

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Polish parcel locker operator InPost acquires UK delivery service Yodel, boosting its UK market share from 2% to ~8% and delivering 300M+ UK parcels annually (Konrad Krasuski/Bloomberg)

Polish parcel locker operator InPost acquires UK delivery...

Konrad Krasuski / Bloomberg: Polish parcel locker operator InPost acquires UK delivery...

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang arrived in China on April 16 and visited Beijing on April 17, a source says to meet officials to discuss Trump's new chip export rules (Financial Times)

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang arrived in China on April 16 and...

Financial Times: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang arrived in China on April 16 and visited...

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TSMC CEO C. C. Wei says "TSMC is not engaged in any discussion with other companies regarding any joint venture", after a recent report of a tie-up with Intel (Bloomberg)

TSMC CEO C. C. Wei says "TSMC is not engaged in any discussion...

Bloomberg: TSMC CEO C. C. Wei says “TSMC is not engaged in any discussion with other...

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US stocks, dollar slide as Powell warns tariffs likely to spur inflation

US stocks, dollar slide as Powell warns tariffs likely...

Wall Street traders returned to selling Wednesday, pushing stocks lower as Federal...

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China appoints new trade negotiator amid tariff war with US

China appoints new trade negotiator amid tariff war with...

Emboldened by the latest economic data that showed China's economy in the first...

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Sources: Intel told its Chinese clients last week that sales of some AI chips would require a license; Nvidia was blindsided by Trump's curbs on its H20 chips (Financial Times)

Sources: Intel told its Chinese clients last week that...

Financial Times: Sources: Intel told its Chinese clients last week that sales of...

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Sensor Tower: Temu and Shein cut their ad spending on platforms including Meta and X an average of 31% and 19%, respectively, so far in April, compared to March (Financial Times)

Sensor Tower: Temu and Shein cut their ad spending on platforms...

Financial Times: Sensor Tower: Temu and Shein cut their ad spending on platforms...

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Indian EV ride-hailing startup BluSmart appears to have suspended service a day after regulators launched a probe into Gensol, which shares its co-founders (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)

Indian EV ride-hailing startup BluSmart appears to have...

Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: Indian EV ride-hailing startup BluSmart appears to have...

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China's Xi continues charm offensive in Southeast Asia

China's Xi continues charm offensive in Southeast Asia

After Vietnam, China's President Xi Jinping has arrived in Malaysia. Unlike Vietnam,...

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Experts say Chinese investors would be wary of backing AI startups building foundation models; PitchBook: in Q1, AI/ML VC funding in China fell 30% YoY to $1.2B (Rest of World)

Experts say Chinese investors would be wary of backing...

Rest of World: Experts say Chinese investors would be wary of backing AI startups...

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European carmakers are increasingly doing deals with Chinese rivals to prevent them from falling behind in core areas such as software and autonomous driving (Financial Times)

European carmakers are increasingly doing deals with Chinese...

Financial Times: European carmakers are increasingly doing deals with Chinese rivals...

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Inside San Francisco-based live-in startup accelerator HF0, whose alumni include OpenSea's founders; HF0's latest fund is $100M, up from its previous $16M fund (Ellen Huet/Bloomberg)

Inside San Francisco-based live-in startup accelerator...

Ellen Huet / Bloomberg: Inside San Francisco-based live-in startup accelerator HF0,...

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China's Xi continues charm offensive in SouthEast Asia

China's Xi continues charm offensive in SouthEast Asia

After Vietnam, China's president Xi Jinping arrived in Malaysia.  Unlike Vietnam...

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Anthropic's Claude adds Research, capable of searching the web and internal documents to give comprehensive answers, in beta for Max, Team, Enterprise plans (Ben Sherry/Inc)

Anthropic's Claude adds Research, capable of searching...

Ben Sherry / Inc: Anthropic's Claude adds Research, capable of searching the web...

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The valuation of Kavak, a Mexico City-based online used car dealer and LATAM's most valuable startup, was cut by $6.5B to $2.2B in a $127M equity round in March (Michael O'Boyle/Bloomberg)

The valuation of Kavak, a Mexico City-based online used...

Michael O'Boyle / Bloomberg: The valuation of Kavak, a Mexico City-based online...

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A look at the FCC's "Delete, Delete, Delete" initiative, meant to identify burdensome rules, as ISPs, broadcasters, and others send in deregulation wishlists (Jon Brodkin/Ars Technica)

A look at the FCC's "Delete, Delete, Delete" initiative,...

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: A look at the FCC's “Delete, Delete, Delete” initiative,...

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India plans to add 200M-300M UPI users, including via delegated accounts for kids, and pitch UPI abroad; PwC: India makes up ~46% of global digital transactions (Bloomberg)

India plans to add 200M-300M UPI users, including via delegated...

Bloomberg: India plans to add 200M-300M UPI users, including via delegated accounts...

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At the request of South Korean regulator, Apple blocked 14 and Google blocked 17 crypto apps, including exchanges KuCoin and MEXC, from their app stores (Camomile Shumba/CoinDesk)

At the request of South Korean regulator, Apple blocked...

Camomile Shumba / CoinDesk: At the request of South Korean regulator, Apple blocked...

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An interview with Google VP of Search Elizabeth Reid on AI Overviews' launch a year ago, the future of AI search, its impact on the ad revenue model, and more (Melissa Heikkilä/Financial Times)

An interview with Google VP of Search Elizabeth Reid on...

Melissa Heikkilä / Financial Times: An interview with Google VP of Search Elizabeth...

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Landmark US antitrust trial against Meta begins

Landmark US antitrust trial against Meta begins

Meta's chief executive Mark Zuckerberg took the stand as a historic antitrust trial...

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Sources: OpenAI's upcoming o3 and o4-mini reasoning models may excel at suggesting new types of science experiments, from nuclear fusion to pathogen detection (The Information)

Sources: OpenAI's upcoming o3 and o4-mini reasoning models...

The Information: Sources: OpenAI's upcoming o3 and o4-mini reasoning models may...

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OpenAI releases GPT‑4.1, GPT‑4.1 mini, and GPT‑4.1 nano, which excel at coding, instruction following, and long context understanding, available via its API (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

OpenAI releases GPT‑4.1, GPT‑4.1 mini, and GPT‑4.1 nano,...

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: OpenAI releases GPT‑4.1, GPT‑4.1 mini, and GPT‑4.1 nano,...

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Apple plans to begin on-device, privacy-centric analysis of user data, comparing it to synthetic data, to improve AI, in beta versions of iOS 18.5, macOS 15.5 (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Apple plans to begin on-device, privacy-centric analysis...

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Apple plans to begin on-device, privacy-centric analysis...

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China calls on the US to 'correct its mistakes' by cancelling reciprocal tariffs

China calls on the US to 'correct its mistakes' by cancelling...

China called on the United States on Sunday to "correct its mistakes" by cancelling...

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China hits back at Trump tariffs with export restrictions on rare earths

China hits back at Trump tariffs with export restrictions...

China has restricted the export of rare earth minerals critical to the production...

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President Trump told reporters he would announce the tariff rate on imported semiconductors over the next week, giving some flexibility to certain companies (Reuters)

President Trump told reporters he would announce the tariff...

Reuters: President Trump told reporters he would announce the tariff rate on imported...

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A look at the limits of large context LLMs, as their increased latency, higher costs, and reduced usability result in diminishing returns for enterprises (VentureBeat)

A look at the limits of large context LLMs, as their increased...

VentureBeat: A look at the limits of large context LLMs, as their increased latency,...

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Dealroom: UK-based startups raised £16.2B in 2024, the lowest amount since 2020, as several consider moving their headquarters to the US in search of capital (Financial Times)

Dealroom: UK-based startups raised £16.2B in 2024, the...

Financial Times: Dealroom: UK-based startups raised £16.2B in 2024, the lowest amount...

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Source: Trump plans to instruct the Commerce Department to launch a Section 232 national security probe into chip imports, which could lead to new tariffs (Ari Hawkins/Politico)

Source: Trump plans to instruct the Commerce Department...

Ari Hawkins / Politico: Source: Trump plans to instruct the Commerce Department...

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Lawmakers who benefited from crypto super PACs are advancing crypto priorities in Congress, like the Genius Act, which establishes rules for stablecoin issuers (David Yaffe-Bellany/New York Times)

Lawmakers who benefited from crypto super PACs are advancing...

David Yaffe-Bellany / New York Times: Lawmakers who benefited from crypto super...

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China has suspended exports of a wide range of rare earth minerals and magnets that are crucial for making semiconductors, robots, drones, cars, and more (Keith Bradsher/New York Times)

China has suspended exports of a wide range of rare earth...

Keith Bradsher / New York Times: China has suspended exports of a wide range of...

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China calls on the US to 'correct its mistakes' by canceling reciprocal tariffs

China calls on the US to 'correct its mistakes' by canceling...

China called on the United States on Sunday to "correct its mistakes" by canceling...

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Tel Aviv-based Groundcover, an eBPF observability service for monitoring the performance of apps, systems, and their infrastructure, raised a $35M Series B (Mike Wheatley/SiliconANGLE)

Tel Aviv-based Groundcover, an eBPF observability service...

Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: Tel Aviv-based Groundcover, an eBPF observability...

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Copenhagen-based Sparrow Quantum, which is developing photonic quantum chips based on research conducted at the Niels Bohr Institute, raised a €21.5M Series A (Vishal Singh/Silicon Canals)

Copenhagen-based Sparrow Quantum, which is developing photonic...

Vishal Singh / Silicon Canals: Copenhagen-based Sparrow Quantum, which is developing...

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Analysis: paper gains from the Trump family's investments in various crypto projects, including NFTs, DeFi, Bitcoin mining, and memecoins, are approaching $1B (Bloomberg)

Analysis: paper gains from the Trump family's investments...

Bloomberg: Analysis: paper gains from the Trump family's investments in various...

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India's JioHotstar now has 200M+ paid subscribers, driven by multi-language IPL cricket streams, ranking third-largest globally after Netflix and Prime Video (Bloomberg)

India's JioHotstar now has 200M+ paid subscribers, driven...

Bloomberg: India's JioHotstar now has 200M+ paid subscribers, driven by multi-language...

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Arguments start Monday in the FTC's antitrust suit targeting Meta's acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp, amid reports Zuckerberg asked Trump to intervene (Washington Post)

Arguments start Monday in the FTC's antitrust suit targeting...

Washington Post: Arguments start Monday in the FTC's antitrust suit targeting Meta's...

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UK government report: 43% of businesses faced a cyber breach or attack in the past year; phishing was the most common type, affecting 85% of those attacked (Connor Jones/The Register)

UK government report: 43% of businesses faced a cyber breach...

Connor Jones / The Register: UK government report: 43% of businesses faced a cyber...

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Investors dump US government bonds as faith in America falters

Investors dump US government bonds as faith in America...

Investors are dumping once-reliable US government bonds, sparking fears that major...

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Asia's startup funding fell 40% YoY to ~$13B in Q1 2025, the lowest funding for a quarter since $12.3B in Q4 2014; AI startup funding fell 50% YoY to just $1.8B (Chris Metinko/Crunchbase News)

Asia's startup funding fell 40% YoY to ~$13B in Q1 2025,...

Chris Metinko / Crunchbase News: Asia's startup funding fell 40% YoY to ~$13B in...

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Architect Partners: Q1 2025 was a record quarter for crypto M&A with 61 deals and $2.2B in total deal value, including Kraken's $1.5B acquisition of NinjaTrader (Ryan Weeks/Bloomberg)

Architect Partners: Q1 2025 was a record quarter for crypto...

Ryan Weeks / Bloomberg: Architect Partners: Q1 2025 was a record quarter for crypto...

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ByteDance, which spent an estimated $11B in 2024 on infrastructure for AI, is using data from ~1B users of its apps as the linchpin of its growing AI business (Meaghan Tobin/New York Times)

ByteDance, which spent an estimated $11B in 2024 on infrastructure...

Meaghan Tobin / New York Times: ByteDance, which spent an estimated $11B in 2024...

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How Nintendo is navigating tariff chaos, including shipping an estimated 1.7M Switch 2 units to the US before tariffs took effect, assembling in Vietnam, more (Christopher Mims/Wall Street Journal)

How Nintendo is navigating tariff chaos, including shipping...

Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: How Nintendo is navigating tariff chaos,...

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There is increasing uncertainty about China approving Synopsys' $35B Ansys acquisition, amid the escalating tariff fight between the US and China (Bloomberg)

There is increasing uncertainty about China approving Synopsys'...

Bloomberg: There is increasing uncertainty about China approving Synopsys' $35B...

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A group of former OpenAI employees file an amicus brief in support of Elon Musk in his lawsuit opposing OpenAI's for-profit transition (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

A group of former OpenAI employees file an amicus brief...

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: A group of former OpenAI employees file an amicus brief...

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Are claims that AI is accelerating climate change 'overstated'?

Are claims that AI is accelerating climate change 'overstated'?

One concern around artificial intelligence is its voracious appetite for energy....

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Source: Google laid off hundreds of employees in its platforms and devices unit, which works on Android, Pixel, and Chrome, after offering buyouts in January (Erin Woo/The Information)

Source: Google laid off hundreds of employees in its platforms...

Erin Woo / The Information: Source: Google laid off hundreds of employees in its...

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Despite Trump admin pressure, Apple is unlikely to move iPhone production to the US soon due to facility, labor, and supply chain gaps only Asia can fill now (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Despite Trump admin pressure, Apple is unlikely to move...

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Despite Trump admin pressure, Apple is unlikely to move...

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EC president von der Leyen: the EU may tax Big Tech ad revenue, targeting Meta and Google, if Trump trade talks fail and won't revisit its "untouchable" rules (Financial Times)

EC president von der Leyen: the EU may tax Big Tech ad...

Financial Times: EC president von der Leyen: the EU may tax Big Tech ad revenue,...

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Trump warns of 'transition cost' as uncertainty over tariffs lingers

Trump warns of 'transition cost' as uncertainty over tariffs...

US President Donald Trump acknowledged "transition problems" on Thursday as Wall...

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US stocks tumble a day after Trump announces 90-day pause on tariffs

US stocks tumble a day after Trump announces 90-day pause...

US stocks fell Thursday after a historic rally on Wednesday following President...

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nEye Systems, which is developing data center chips that use light to send data, raised a $58M Series B led by CapitalG, bringing its total funding to $72.5M (Stephen Nellis/Reuters)

nEye Systems, which is developing data center chips that...

Stephen Nellis / Reuters: nEye Systems, which is developing data center chips that...

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BeReal rolls out in-feed ads in the US, says it has an estimated 40M MAUs, including 5M in the US, and 85% of its users are Gen Z (Amanda Silberling/TechCrunch)

BeReal rolls out in-feed ads in the US, says it has an...

Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: BeReal rolls out in-feed ads in the US, says it...

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UK home secretary criticizes Steam for hosting No Mercy, a game with sexual violence, rape, and incest; Steam removed the game in the UK, Australia, and Canada (Vikki Blake/GamesIndustry.biz)

UK home secretary criticizes Steam for hosting No Mercy,...

Vikki Blake / GamesIndustry.biz: UK home secretary criticizes Steam for hosting...

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Stocks soar as Trump backtracks on some tariffs

Stocks soar as Trump backtracks on some tariffs

Facing a global market meltdown, US President Donald Trump on Wednesday abruptly...

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Trade war: As Trump tariffs take effect, what next for China?

Trade war: As Trump tariffs take effect, what next for...

Donald Trump's new tariffs on almost all US trading partners have taken effect,...

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Trump pauses 'reciprocal tariffs' for 90 days while raising rate on China to 125%

Trump pauses 'reciprocal tariffs' for 90 days while raising...

Less than 24 hours after his new, high tariffs on dozens of US trading partners...

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Live: Wall Street rally fizzles as uncertainty over Trump's tariffs lingers

Live: Wall Street rally fizzles as uncertainty over Trump's...

Wall Street shares fell Thursday as a rally faded over lingering concerns about...

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'Deals are my art form': How Trump backed down on tariffs

'Deals are my art form': How Trump backed down on tariffs

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced an abrupt rollback of his new tariffs...

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Ex-Facebook employee accuses Meta of 'betraying US values' and collaborating with China

Ex-Facebook employee accuses Meta of 'betraying US values'...

Former Facebook executive Sarah Wynn-Williams, who wrote a scathing memoir about...

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Markets in Europe and Asia rebound on back of Trump's 90-day tariff pause

Markets in Europe and Asia rebound on back of Trump's 90-day...

Stocks in Asia and Europe rebounded on Thursday, following in Wall Street's footsteps,...

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Gig economy: The plight of delivery workers

Gig economy: The plight of delivery workers

From food delivery and ride-hailing apps to handywork and domestic services, millions...

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Tel Aviv-based Anecdotes, which helps automate corporate governance, risk, and compliance processes, raised a $30M Series B extension, taking the round to $55M (Sophie Shulman/CTech)

Tel Aviv-based Anecdotes, which helps automate corporate...

Sophie Shulman / CTech: Tel Aviv-based Anecdotes, which helps automate corporate...

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Solid, which offers APIs for banking, payments, cards, and crypto products and had raised $81M, files for Chapter 11, citing a "costly" lawsuit with FTV Capital (Mary Ann Azevedo/TechCrunch)

Solid, which offers APIs for banking, payments, cards,...

Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: Solid, which offers APIs for banking, payments, cards,...

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Q&A with CMU professor and OpenAI board member Zico Kolter on CMU's partnership with Google, the dangers of AI agents interacting with one another, and more (Will Knight/Wired)

Q&A with CMU professor and OpenAI board member Zico Kolter...

Will Knight / Wired: Q&A with CMU professor and OpenAI board member Zico Kolter...

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Trade war: Is China better equipped to confront Trump than in 2018?

Trade war: Is China better equipped to confront Trump than...

The current trade tensions between the US and China have an air of familiarity dating...

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Trade war: Trump tariffs take effect.  What next for China?

Trade war: Trump tariffs take effect. What next for China?

Donald Trump's new tariffs on almost all US trading partners have taken effect,...

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Trump pauses "reciprocal tariffs" for 90 days while raising the rate to 125% on China

Trump pauses "reciprocal tariffs" for 90 days while raising...

Less than 24 hours after his new, high tariffs on dozens of US trading partners...

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Google announces Agent2Agent, an open interoperability protocol to enable seamless collaboration between AI agents across diverse frameworks and vendors (Alexey Shabanov/TestingCatalog)

Google announces Agent2Agent, an open interoperability...

Alexey Shabanov / TestingCatalog: Google announces Agent2Agent, an open interoperability...

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Sources: Italy is seeking €1.2B from fintech group ION following a probe by prosecutors in Bologna into alleged tax evasion over the 2013-2023 period (Reuters)

Sources: Italy is seeking €1.2B from fintech group ION...

Reuters: Sources: Italy is seeking €1.2B from fintech group ION following a probe...

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Sen. Ron Wyden plans to block the nomination of Sean Plankey to head CISA until the agency releases a 2022 report about security flaws at US telecom companies (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch)

Sen. Ron Wyden plans to block the nomination of Sean Plankey...

Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: Sen. Ron Wyden plans to block the nomination of Sean...

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Trump's 104% tariffs on China to take effect on Wednesday

Trump's 104% tariffs on China to take effect on Wednesday

Tariffs that will effectively double the price of everything that comes from China...

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Global markets roiled as Trump's 'reciprocal' tariffs take effect

Global markets roiled as Trump's 'reciprocal' tariffs take...

As of midnight on Wednesday April 9, the US's "reciprocal" tariffs against dozens...

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Microsoft is backing away from its October 2024 plan to invest $1B in three Ohio data centers, the latest in a string of its data center project cancellations (Georgia Butler/DatacenterDynamics)

Microsoft is backing away from its October 2024 plan to...

Georgia Butler / DatacenterDynamics: Microsoft is backing away from its October...

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Docs: Canadian telecom Bell is lobbying to block Starlink subsidies, as Canada-US tensions and Musk's Trump ties put his satellite business under more scrutiny (Ilya Gridneff/Financial Times)

Docs: Canadian telecom Bell is lobbying to block Starlink...

Ilya Gridneff / Financial Times: Docs: Canadian telecom Bell is lobbying to block...

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X's merger with xAI caps its yearslong turnaround push; sources say X's revenue fell to $2.6B in 2024, down from $3B in 2023 and about $4.6B in 2022 (Wall Street Journal)

X's merger with xAI caps its yearslong turnaround push;...

Wall Street Journal: X's merger with xAI caps its yearslong turnaround push; sources...

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US's 104% tariffs on China to take effect on Wednesday

US's 104% tariffs on China to take effect on Wednesday

Tariffs that will effectively double the price of everything that comes from China...

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Sources: hackers intercepted ~100 bank regulators' emails, 150K+ in total, for over a year at the US Treasury's OCC, which disclosed a breach on February 26 (Bloomberg)

Sources: hackers intercepted ~100 bank regulators' emails,...

Bloomberg: Sources: hackers intercepted ~100 bank regulators' emails, 150K+ in total,...

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Nintendo says Switch 2 pre-orders in Canada "will not start on April 9, 2025 in order to align with the timing of pre-orders to be determined in the US

Nintendo says Switch 2 pre-orders in Canada "will not start...

Bradly Shankar / MobileSyrup: Nintendo says Switch 2 pre-orders in Canada “will...

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Snap releases sponsored AI lenses, a new generative AI ad format users can interact with and that is powered by One Snap, its homegrown generative AI tech (Allison Schiff/AdExchanger)

Snap releases sponsored AI lenses, a new generative AI...

Allison Schiff / AdExchanger: Snap releases sponsored AI lenses, a new generative...

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Global market turmoil continues as Trump threatens additional 50% tariffs on China

Global market turmoil continues as Trump threatens additional...

Global stocks continued to tumble for a third straight session on Monday, with Europe's...

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China and US embark on tit-for-tat tariff retaliation

China and US embark on tit-for-tat tariff retaliation

In a statement, China's commerce ministry has responded to Donald Trump's threats...

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LMArena says it's updating its leaderboard rules after Meta secured the #2 spot with a Llama 4 Maverick version it noted in fine print was not released publicly (Kylie Robison/The Verge)

LMArena says it's updating its leaderboard rules after...

Kylie Robison / The Verge: LMArena says it's updating its leaderboard rules after...

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Q&A with UiPath CEO Daniel Dines on rejoining in May 2024 after stepping down, agentic AI being the future of automation, licensing AI tech, and more (Nilay Patel/The Verge)

Q&A with UiPath CEO Daniel Dines on rejoining in May 2024...

Nilay Patel / The Verge: Q&A with UiPath CEO Daniel Dines on rejoining in May 2024...

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IBM unveils the z17 mainframe with a Telum II chip, built for 250+ AI use cases and can perform 450B daily inferences, 50% more than z16, available on June 8 (Rebecca Szkutak/TechCrunch)

IBM unveils the z17 mainframe with a Telum II chip, built...

Rebecca Szkutak / TechCrunch: IBM unveils the z17 mainframe with a Telum II chip,...

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Global market turmoil continues as Donald Trump threatens additional 50% tariffs on China

Global market turmoil continues as Donald Trump threatens...

Global stocks continued to tumble for a third straight session, with Europe's main...

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President Trump posts that the US will impose additional tariffs on China of 50%, effective April 9, unless China withdraws its 34% retaliatory tariffs (Ben Berkowitz/Axios)

President Trump posts that the US will impose additional...

Ben Berkowitz / Axios: President Trump posts that the US will impose additional...

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Krea, which helps creators generate AI content using the best available models, raised a $47M Series B and a $33M Series A; sources: Krea is valued at $500M (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

Krea, which helps creators generate AI content using the...

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Krea, which helps creators generate AI content using...

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CaaStle’s Board Let CEO Stay After Fraud Allegations, Delayed Investor Disclosure

CaaStle’s Board Let CEO Stay After Fraud Allegations, Delayed...

Dan Primack / Axios: Sources: the board of directors of clothing inventory monetization...

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Markets plunge as Trump tariffs threaten global trade system

Markets plunge as Trump tariffs threaten global trade system

Asian indexes fell sharply on Monday in the wake of US President Donald Trump's...

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Paris-based Pennylane, which makes cloud-based accounting software, raised €75M, doubling its valuation to €2B, led by Sequoia and with Alphabet among investors (Ryan Browne/CNBC)

Paris-based Pennylane, which makes cloud-based accounting...

Ryan Browne / CNBC: Paris-based Pennylane, which makes cloud-based accounting software,...

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The UK bans hidden fees imposed by online businesses as well as the use or commissioning of fake reviews, effective April 6, with compliance enforced by the CMA (Jon Ungoed-Thomas/The Guardian)

The UK bans hidden fees imposed by online businesses as...

Jon Ungoed-Thomas / The Guardian: The UK bans hidden fees imposed by online businesses...

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Sources: OpenAI recently discussed acquiring io Products, a startup Sam Altman has been working on with Jony Ive to develop an AI-powered device, for $500M+ (The Information)

Sources: OpenAI recently discussed acquiring io Products,...

The Information: Sources: OpenAI recently discussed acquiring io Products, a startup...

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A look at the US market for humanoids in homes and businesses; PitchBook says investors have poured $7.2B into 50+ startups since 2015, including $1.6B in 2024 (New York Times)

A look at the US market for humanoids in homes and businesses;...

New York Times: A look at the US market for humanoids in homes and businesses; PitchBook...

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How Apple may adjust to the US tariffs; sources: the iPhone 17 Pro's camera panel will span the width of the phone and will be the same color as the device (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

How Apple may adjust to the US tariffs; sources: the iPhone...

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: How Apple may adjust to the US tariffs; sources: the iPhone...

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Z-Wave, popular among smart home enthusiasts, becomes an open-source protocol with a new long-range technology as it seeks Matter support to avoid obsolescence (Jennifer Pattison Tuohy/The Verge)

Z-Wave, popular among smart home enthusiasts, becomes an...

Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge: Z-Wave, popular among smart home enthusiasts,...

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The BBC complains to the UK CMA that Apple and Google's news aggregators weaken its relationship with the public by downplaying the BBC branding (Charles Martin/AppleInsider)

The BBC complains to the UK CMA that Apple and Google's...

Charles Martin / AppleInsider: The BBC complains to the UK CMA that Apple and Google's...

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SandboxAQ, which uses quantum computing to develop AI, raised a $150M Series E extension from Google, Nvidia, and others, taking its total funding to $950M+ (Krystal Hu/Reuters)

SandboxAQ, which uses quantum computing to develop AI,...

Krystal Hu / Reuters: SandboxAQ, which uses quantum computing to develop AI, raised...

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Foxconn reports Q1 revenue up 24.2% YoY to $49.5B, driven by AI demand, but says the impact of evolving global political conditions will need "close monitoring" (Ben Blanchard/Reuters)

Foxconn reports Q1 revenue up 24.2% YoY to $49.5B, driven...

Ben Blanchard / Reuters: Foxconn reports Q1 revenue up 24.2% YoY to $49.5B, driven...

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Miami-based remittance startup Felix Pago, which uses stablecoins and handled $1B+ in money transfers via WhatsApp in 2024, raised a $75M Series B led by QED (Bloomberg)

Miami-based remittance startup Felix Pago, which uses stablecoins...

Bloomberg: Miami-based remittance startup Felix Pago, which uses stablecoins and...

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In backing Trump, effective accelerationists like Musk and Andreessen got a "Decel-in-Chief", who instigated a brain drain and tariffs that hurt tech companies (Emanuel Maiberg/404 Media)

In backing Trump, effective accelerationists like Musk...

Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media: In backing Trump, effective accelerationists like Musk...

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Joel Kaplan says Meta's US fact-checking program will be over by Monday, and Community Notes will start appearing on Facebook, Threads, and Instagram (Amanda Silberling/TechCrunch)

Joel Kaplan says Meta's US fact-checking program will be...

Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: Joel Kaplan says Meta's US fact-checking program...

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SensorTower: users in India have spent $8M on ChatGPT subscriptions through IAP since 2023, not including web app purchases, versus ~$330M spent by US users (TechCrunch)

SensorTower: users in India have spent $8M on ChatGPT subscriptions...

TechCrunch: SensorTower: users in India have spent $8M on ChatGPT subscriptions...

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A US federal judge decides Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI will go to a jury trial in spring 2026; Musk and OpenAI agreed to fast-track the trial last month (Anna Tong/Reuters)

A US federal judge decides Elon Musk's lawsuit against...

Anna Tong / Reuters: A US federal judge decides Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI...

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Utah-based SchoolAI, an AI-powered teaching and learning platform used in 1M+ classrooms across 80+ countries, raised a $25M Series A led by Insight Partners (FinSMEs)

Utah-based SchoolAI, an AI-powered teaching and learning...

FinSMEs: Utah-based SchoolAI, an AI-powered teaching and learning platform used...

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US trade war: EU prepares to retaliate with Big Tech in its sights

US trade war: EU prepares to retaliate with Big Tech in...

France says a response from the EU to Trump's new 20 percent tariff will "probably"...

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Microsoft Copilot Introduces Memory, Personalization, Web Actions, Podcast Creation, and More Advanced Features

Microsoft Copilot Introduces Memory, Personalization, Web...

Dominic Preston / The Verge: Microsoft Copilot adds support for memory, personalization,...

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Microsoft brings Copilot Vision feature to Windows and its iOS and Android apps, letting it analyze real-time video from a mobile camera, and more (Tom Warren/The Verge)

Microsoft brings Copilot Vision feature to Windows and...

Tom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft brings Copilot Vision feature to Windows and its...

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Google releases API pricing for Gemini 2.5 Pro: $1.25 per 1M input tokens and $10 for 1M output tokens for prompts up to 200K tokens, its priciest model yet (Maxwell Zeff/TechCrunch)

Google releases API pricing for Gemini 2.5 Pro: $1.25 per...

Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: Google releases API pricing for Gemini 2.5 Pro: $1.25...

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US stocks lead worldwide selloff after Trump's tariff announcement

US stocks lead worldwide selloff after Trump's tariff announcement

Stocks plummeted on Thursday after US President Donald Trump's trade war escalation...

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US officials say NSA director and Cyber Command head Timothy Haugh was fired on April 3, along with his deputy Wendy Noble (Washington Post)

US officials say NSA director and Cyber Command head Timothy...

Washington Post: US officials say NSA director and Cyber Command head Timothy Haugh...

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President Trump reiterates he's open to tariff relief for China if it approves the sale of TikTok's US operations; the app faces an April 5 divestment deadline (Annmarie Hordern/Bloomberg)

President Trump reiterates he's open to tariff relief for...

Annmarie Hordern / Bloomberg: President Trump reiterates he's open to tariff relief...

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Meta antitrust case is the first major test of President Trump's FTC and its chair Andrew Ferguson, a Big Tech critic; Meta is exploring a possible settlement (Financial Times)

Meta antitrust case is the first major test of President...

Financial Times: Meta antitrust case is the first major test of President Trump's...

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US stocks lead worldwide sell-off after Trump’s tariff announcement

US stocks lead worldwide sell-off after Trump’s tariff...

Stocks plummeted on Thursday after Donald Trump’s trade war escalation sparked a...

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'Looney tariffs', 'Trump's dumb war': How the press reacted to 'Liberation Day'

'Looney tariffs', 'Trump's dumb war': How the press reacted...

PRESS REVIEW – Thursday, April 3: There's disbelief, anger and scepticism in the...

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The White House appears to have used an oversimplified calculation that several major AI chatbots recommend to calculate reciprocal tariffs (Dominic Preston/The Verge)

The White House appears to have used an oversimplified...

Dominic Preston / The Verge: The White House appears to have used an oversimplified...

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Oracle told some clients this week that hackers stole old login credentials, the second breach that Oracle acknowledged to clients in the past month.

Oracle told some clients this week that hackers stole old...

Jake Bleiberg Sources: Oracle told some clients this week that hackers stole old...

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Portland-based Hydrolix, a data lake service that offers a repository for log data, raised an $80M Series C led by QED, bringing its total raised to $148M (Taylor Soper/GeekWire)

Portland-based Hydrolix, a data lake service that offers...

Taylor Soper / GeekWire: Portland-based Hydrolix, a data lake service that offers...

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Trump's tariff bazooka: How did the previous trade war impact the economy?

Trump's tariff bazooka: How did the previous trade war...

With US President Donald Trump poised to unveil his "Liberation Day" tariff plan,...

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US announces a 34% "reciprocal" tariff hike on China, going into effect from April 9; economists: average US tariffs on Chinese products may get as high as 65% (Bloomberg)

US announces a 34% "reciprocal" tariff hike on China, going...

Bloomberg: US announces a 34% “reciprocal” tariff hike on China, going into effect...

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Sources: Google is in advanced talks to rent Nvidia Blackwell AI chips from CoreWeave, highlighting how major Nvidia customers are struggling to get chips (The Information)

Sources: Google is in advanced talks to rent Nvidia Blackwell...

The Information: Sources: Google is in advanced talks to rent Nvidia Blackwell AI...

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Samsung has turned to Chinese customers like Baidu to prop up its ailing chip business; SemiAnalysis says Samsung is the "biggest supplier of HBM into China" (Financial Times)

Samsung has turned to Chinese customers like Baidu to prop...

Financial Times: Samsung has turned to Chinese customers like Baidu to prop up its...

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Trump's tariff bazooka: How did the pverious trade war impact the economy?

Trump's tariff bazooka: How did the pverious trade war...

With US President poised to unveil his "Liberation Day" tariff plan, Yuka Royer...

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Sources: Amazon has put in a bid to acquire all of TikTok, but various parties involved do not appear to be taking it seriously, ahead of the April 5 deadline (New York Times)

Sources: Amazon has put in a bid to acquire all of TikTok,...

New York Times: Sources: Amazon has put in a bid to acquire all of TikTok, but various...

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Google replaces Sissie Hsiao, leader of its consumer AI apps, including Gemini, with Josh Woodward, who leads Google Labs and oversaw NotebookLM's launch (Reed Albergotti/Semafor)

Google replaces Sissie Hsiao, leader of its consumer AI...

Reed Albergotti / Semafor: Google replaces Sissie Hsiao, leader of its consumer...

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Trump pardoned BitMEX owner HDR Global Trading, which had pleaded guilty and was fined $100M for money laundering, possibly the first US pardon of a corporation (Matt Sledge/The Intercept)

Trump pardoned BitMEX owner HDR Global Trading, which had...

Matt Sledge / The Intercept: Trump pardoned BitMEX owner HDR Global Trading, which...

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European businesses brace for Trump's 'reciprocal tariffs'

European businesses brace for Trump's 'reciprocal tariffs'

Around the world, investors and businesses are anxiously awaiting the unveiling...

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Thousands of websites created by AI: Unmasking the fake news generators

Thousands of websites created by AI: Unmasking the fake...

With the ever-growing and often overwhelming number of news outlets, it has become...

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In a new paper, Tim O'Reilly and other researchers say OpenAI likely trained GPT-4o on paywalled books from O'Reilly Media without a licensing agreement (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

In a new paper, Tim O'Reilly and other researchers say...

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: In a new paper, Tim O'Reilly and other researchers say...

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Bybit shutters its NFT marketplace, following a similar decision by NFT marketplace X2Y2; Token Terminal: daily NFT trading volume has dropped 70% YoY to $5.34M (Adrian Zmudzinski/Cointelegraph)

Bybit shutters its NFT marketplace, following a similar...

Adrian Zmudzinski / Cointelegraph: Bybit shutters its NFT marketplace, following...

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Qualcomm acquires the generative AI division of Vietnamese startup VinAI, following the acquisition of German AI and IoT company Edge Impulse in early March (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Qualcomm acquires the generative AI division of Vietnamese...

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Qualcomm acquires the generative AI division of Vietnamese...

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Business - Global shares dip as wolrd markets brace for Trump tariffs

Business - Global shares dip as wolrd markets brace for...

US trading partners scrambled on Tuesday to prepare for the latest round of Donald...

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OpenAI says ChatGPT has hit 20M paid subscribers, up from 15.5M at the end of 2024, suggesting the company is making at least $415M in monthly revenue (The Information)

OpenAI says ChatGPT has hit 20M paid subscribers, up from...

The Information: OpenAI says ChatGPT has hit 20M paid subscribers, up from 15.5M...

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Xiaomi says it is cooperating with a Chinese police probe into a fatal crash by a car using its autonomous features; its stock is down 10%+ over the past week (New York Times)

Xiaomi says it is cooperating with a Chinese police probe...

New York Times: Xiaomi says it is cooperating with a Chinese police probe into a...

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Meta VP of AI Research Joelle Pineau says she plans to leave in May 2025 after nearly eight years; she has led the FAIR group since early 2023 (Kurt Wagner/Bloomberg)

Meta VP of AI Research Joelle Pineau says she plans to...

Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: Meta VP of AI Research Joelle Pineau says she plans to...

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Myanmar quake: Economic losses from disaster could exceed nation's GDP

Myanmar quake: Economic losses from disaster could exceed...

The USGS has warned that the final death toll from the magnitude-7.7 quake in Myanmar...

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Sources: in recent weeks, Meta executives including Mark Zuckerberg have pressed US trade officials to oppose an impending EU fine and cease-and-desist order (Wall Street Journal)

Sources: in recent weeks, Meta executives including Mark...

Wall Street Journal: Sources: in recent weeks, Meta executives including Mark Zuckerberg...

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Sources: SoftBank is seeking a bridge loan of as much as $16.5B to help fund AI investments in the US; the loan may help SoftBank lead a $40B round in OpenAI (Bloomberg)

Sources: SoftBank is seeking a bridge loan of as much as...

Bloomberg: Sources: SoftBank is seeking a bridge loan of as much as $16.5B to help...

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Current and former Google DeepMind scientists say a tougher vetting process and more bureaucracy at Google's AI arm have made it harder to publish AI research (Financial Times)

Current and former Google DeepMind scientists say a tougher...

Financial Times: Current and former Google DeepMind scientists say a tougher vetting...

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Myanmar quake: economic losses from the disaster could exceed the nation's GDP

Myanmar quake: economic losses from the disaster could...

The USGS has warned that the final death toll from the magnitude 7.7 quake in Myanmar...